Re: autologin?
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.
Marcelo
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Marcelo Chiapparini
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