Re: Autologin to X session (Debian 8)?

[Juha Heinanen <jh@tutpro.com>]

Teemu Likonen writes:

> > It seems that it has no effect anymore in Debian 8 (Jessie), probably
> > because of the new init system (systemd). So how do I get similar
> > functionality with the new systemd init system?
> 
> One option is /etc/rc.local:
> 
>     /bin/su -l USER -c /usr/bin/startx </dev/tty8 >/dev/tty8 2>&1 &
>     exit 0

I noticed that lightdm has lots of autologin options:

#pam-autologin-service=lightdm-autologin
#autologin-guest=false
#autologin-user=
#autologin-user-timeout=0
#autologin-in-background=false
#autologin-session=UNIMPLEMENTED

I haven't tried them though.

-- Juha