Re: autologin?
On Wed, 2002-07-10 at 13:46, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Jul 2002 22:41:15 -0400
> Hubert Chan <hubert@uhoreg.ca> wrote:
>
> > >>>>> "Dan" == Dan Jacobson <jidanni@dman.ddts.net> writes:
> >
> > Dan> How do I do autologin on debian (woody?). You know, when you
> > flip Dan> on the power, go get a vegiburger, come back, and you are
> > all Dan> logged in and ready to go, xsession and all. I use icewm.
> > .wmrc Dan> says "default".
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > GDM (at least version 2.2.5.5 does -- I don't know about earlier) can
> > do autologin -- although I've never used it, so I can't say how it is.
> > It doesn't really matter which desktop environment you actually use.
> > GDM should be able to work with it. (Of course, it requires that you
> > install some Gnome libraries, which may or may not be acceptable.) If
> > you don't want to futz with the config file (which should be easy
> > enough to figure out), you can run the gdmconfig program, click on the
> > "Automatic login" tab, and enter the information.
>
> The problem I have with autologin in GDM was that the logoff feature
> didn't work. When I tried to logoff I never reached the GDM opening
> window, the system logged-in again instead.
Put in a timeout of like 5 seconds or something. That way, once you log
out, you have enough time to press a key and abort the auto login. There
might be another way but this is what I did.
Shri
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