On 4/27/25 10:48 AM, Beartooth via users wrote:
On Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:26:33 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
Hi Beartooth,
from the command line, run:
$ rpm -qa \*dm
and report back what pops up~# rpm -qa \*dm
Hi Todd!
I get
libblockdev-dm-3.3.0-3.fc42.x86_64
mdadm-4.3-7.fc42.x86_64
lightdm-1.32.0-13.fc42.x86_64
gdm-48.0-3.fc42.x86_64
It looks like you are running both gdm and lightdm as greeters.
If you are running gnome desktop, you really should
remove lightdm. If you are running Xfce, MATE or others,
you should remove gdm.
Here are my note on autologon for teh various greeters:
-T
Autologin:
References:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LightDM#Enabling_autologin
Note: this reference is missing "autologin-session=true"
http://www.perturb.org/display/812_GDM_AutoLogin.html
http://www.linfo.org/automatic_login.html
http://www.freetechie.com/blog/kubuntuand-kde-4-user-auto-login/
You have three possible Screen Managers (the login thingy):
gdm: gnome
lightdm: lxde, xfce, MATE-Compiz
kdmrc: KDE4
To double check:
$ ps ax | grep -i "lightdm\|gdm\|kdmrc" | grep -v grep
lxdm auto login:
# vi /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf
[base]
## uncomment and set autologin username to enable autologin
# autologin=todd
autologin=todd
## default session or desktop used when no systemwide config
# session=/usr/bin/startlxde
session=/usr/bin/startxfce4
Note for Mate:
session=/usr/bin/mate-session
GDM:
It only auto-logs in on first boot, and it must be a non-root user.
# vi /etc/gdm/custom.conf:
[daemon]
AutomaticLoginEnable=true
AutomaticLogin=whatever_username <---- replace this!!!
TimedLoginEnable=true
TimedLogin=whatever_username <---- replace this!!!
TimedLoginDelay=0
The autologin doesn't require a reboot to work, just issue the
following command:
Note: this will knock you off your desktop!
SL6: # /etc/init.d/gdm restart
SL7: # sysctl restart gdm.service <--knocks you off your desktop
Lightdm:
edit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf:
FC24-:
[SeatDefaults]
pam-autologin-service=lightdm-autologin
user-session=xfce # optional
session-wrapper=/etc/X11/xinit/Xsession # note: the default
autologin-user=tony
autologin-user-timeout=0
autologin-session=true
FC25+:
[SeatDefaults]
autologin-user=tony
autologin-user-timeout=0
FC27:
[Seat:*]
autologin-user=tony
autologin-user-timeout=0
Set up LightDM and PAM and autologin
# groupadd autologin
# gpasswd --add tony autologin
# reboot
KDMRC (not verified, use at own risk):
edit /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc:
[X-:0-Core]
AutoLoginEnable=true
AutoLoginLocked=false
AutoLoginUser=bkevan
ClientLogFile=.xsession-errors
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