Re: make system boot straight to browser connection
On Fri 09 Oct 2015 at 15:58:55 -0400, James Richardson wrote:
> Brian writes:
>
> > On Fri 09 Oct 2015 at 13:50:07 -0400, James Richardson wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Richard Owlett writes:
> >>
> >> > [resend, had not appeared in archives after 2 hours]
> >> >
> >> > How to do an autologin? In a DE independent way?
> >> >
> >> > http://manpages.debian.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=autologin&apropos=1
> >> > gave no relevant links.
> >> >
> >> > A Google search gave only decade old or DE related links.
> >> >
> >> > I currently use Mate, but exploring other desktops(avoiding Gnome
> >> > 3!!!;}.
> >> > I'd like something similar to autoexec.bat from DOS/CPM days.
> >>
> >> I've used runit for such things successfully, most recently for starting
> >> kodi at startup on my HTPC.
> >
> > apt-cache show runit has as part of its output:
> >
> > runit service supervision can run under sysv init or replace the init
> > system completely. Complete init replacement requires some manual
> > configuration described in the supplied documentation.
> >
> > So the standard systemd init system needs replacing to get autologin in
> > a DE independent way? Technically you might be correct but are you
> > serious? It doesn't seem very elegant.
>
> runit provides service supervision it can run under sysv init *OR*
> replace the init system.
Yes. You've repeated what I quoted from 'apt-cache show' without adding
why changing one's init system to get a simple thing like autologin is
at all beneficial to most users.
> I can describe my config in more detail if interested.
Not necessary.
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