On Fri 09 Oct 2015 at 15:06:24 -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Brian wrote: > >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. > > With sysvinit, all you need to do is drop a line or two into > /etc/init.d/rc.local - to set up the environment, su to the appropriate > user, then start a browser. What's the big deal?
Replace the init system when nodm is available just to get autologin? Madness.