On 05/06/2012 10:49 PM, Amit Uttamchandani wrote:
Hello,
Using dwm on a customized system and accomplished X autologin and
starting of applications using the following:
For X autologin:
1. Modified /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc to add a sudo. Thus:
exec sudo /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp "$@"
2. Add user to sudoers list with no password required.
3. Have the following in /etc/init.d/autox:
su autouser -l -c "/bin/bash --login -c startx>/dev/null 2>&1"&
For starting of applications:
1. In the user's xinitrc:
exec dwm&
xrandr --output LVDS-2 --fb 1300x740 --scale 1.62x1.54
hash surf&& surf http://localhost/
So the questions are:
1. Is there a better way to accomplish X autologin? Preferrably without
installing a login manager.
2. For autostarting applications, the above was the only way I could
get surf to maximize with the xrandr scaling. Otherwise surf would
only maximize to the original resolution (in this case, 800x480).
3. What is the 'hash' used for? I got this from the xinitrc.example on
on the dwm website.
To answer your question number one, autologin has security implications
that you should consider. If you are still interested in autologin, nodm
<http://enricozini.org/sw/nodm/> is probably the easiest and simplest
solution. It's an application that starts X as the user you specify in
the config, that's it. Its often used in embedded systems where logging
into the desktop is not desired, but its handy on the normal desktop
too. I used it on a distro that I put together for the low-spec olpc
laptop a few years ago. If you do want a login manager, like for
multiple preconfigured sessions, then most have an autologin option as well.
james
