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automatic_login [2012/10/07 19:40]
85.218.109.130
automatic_login [2012/11/25 11:09] (current)
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 apt-get install mingetty apt-get install mingetty
 </​code>​ </​code>​
 +
 +====== Debian ======
 +
  
 edit a line in /​etc/​inittab (good to make a backup copy before!) ​ for a particular tty that you want to autologin to edit a line in /​etc/​inittab (good to make a backup copy before!) ​ for a particular tty that you want to autologin to
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 1:​2345:​respawn:/​sbin/​getty --autologin [user] --noclear ​ tty1  1:​2345:​respawn:/​sbin/​getty --autologin [user] --noclear ​ tty1 
 </​code>​ </​code>​
 +
 +
  
 then edit the .profile file in your user's home directory, adding these lines then edit the .profile file in your user's home directory, adding these lines
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 </​code>​ </​code>​
 more details here: http://​www.shellperson.net/​autostart-x-without-gdm/​ more details here: http://​www.shellperson.net/​autostart-x-without-gdm/​
 +
 +====== Ubuntu ======
 +
 +
 +edit a line in /​etc/​init/​tty1.conf to replace  ​
 +
 +<​code>​
 +exec /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty1
 +</​code>​
 +
 +with 
 +
 +<​code>​
 +exec /​sbin/​mingetty --autologin [user] tty1
 +</​code>​
 +
 +then edit your .bashrc (if the user is using bash shell) to add 
 +
 +<​code>​
 +startx
 +</​code>​
 +
 +as the last line.
 +
 +from: http://​forum.xbmc.org/​showthread.php?​tid=38473
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