Re: make system boot straight to browser connection
On Fri 09 Oct 2015 at 17:18:28 -0400, James Richardson wrote:
> Brian writes:
>
> > 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.
> >
> Runit does not require one change one's init system. That is why is
> states it can run under sysv init ****OR**** replace the init system.
>
> Simply installing runit does not replace the init system.
Correct. So how does simply installing it allow an autologin to X?
As a matter of interest. From runit(8):
DESCRIPTION
runit must be run as Unix process no 1.
root@jessie:~# runit
- runit: fatal: must be run as process no 1.
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