Mint8 Helena LiveCD on USB Stick - Always logs into Mint user, not newly created user
Hello Mint forum,
I used usb-creator to install Mint 8 Helena on a bootable USB stick and it works great. And I can add myself as a user (roy) with no problem. But if I use the login preferences utility (Gnome) to make it automatically log into user roy, it always defaults back to user mint on a reboot. I might add that persistence is enabled so that any changes I make will survive a reboot. I realize a Live CD does some things differently than a regular install on a hard drive partition, but is there something I can do to make it automatically log in as user roy instead of user mint? Thanks much, Roy |
Maybe try deleting the user 'mint'
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No Luck
Hello piratesmack
I tried what you said but upon reboot, it attempted to create a new mint user (like I had) except this time there were permissions problems so it would not even log into the desktop. I also noticed that while it is logged into the default user mint, the mint user does not show up when I launch the utility for editing users and groups. It only shows root and myself, roy. It does not show the default user mint. After doing more searching for answers, I have concluded this is a complex question I am asking. It will take a very savy Linux guru to figure this one out. I have already tried the obvious things like editing /etc/host and /etc/casper.conf, and /etc/gdm/custom.conf but the changes I make revert back to the defaults when I reboot. I think the changes would have to be made in the initrd.lz file. I haven't tried it yet, but I'm sure if I would install this OS on a hard drive (regular install), the installation scripts would make the necessary changes so I could boot up to my newly created user if I wished. I just don't know what those changes would be. I'm about to give up on this one. All the best, Roy |
Solved
Hello again Mint forum,
My problem was I did not Google enough for the solution. I fixed my problem with this web site: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1309554 Now just before the desktop launches, I am greeted with a box asking me which user do I wish to log into, either mint (live session user), or user roy. but this is a quote of what it said by juliopjuliop: Quote:
I think I could have accomplished the same thing by editing the initrd.lz that is on my USB stick directly. I *think* all of the information in /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/casper-bottom is updated from the actual initrd.lz on the USB stck each time you reboot. If I'm wrong about that, please let me know. I believe when Mint is installed directly onto a hard drive, the install script in /usr/share/ubiquity/install.py might do this same thing differently because I doubt if re-creating the initrd.gl file is part of the standard installation process. All the best, Roy |
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