How to autologin / auto startx / auto booting

[imported_micked]

I havnt tried this but in point 3 in this thread you might find what you search for.
http://forums.remote-exploit.org/bac...agon-icon.html

3) Howto GUI Login Menu:

Code:

sudo apt-get install kdm-kde3

Ignore any errors. there should only be two lines of it fyi. Reboot and you will get a plain GUI login menu for kde that has welcome message for Kubuntu but these are customisable under:
KMenu > System > Settings > System Administration > Login Manager

[manulu]

opened a terminal and typed
apt-get install rungetty

Then nano /etc/event.d/tty1 and edited the last line
Code:

#exec /sbin/getty 38400 tty1
exec /sbin/rungetty tty1 --autologin root

then nano /root/.bash_profile
Code:

startx


now it autologs in and boots by itself

i have bt4 pre realease in my laptop acer aspire one i installed thru install.sh and ask me for a user name <manulu> and a password but i whant allways to boot as root with this proces it's possible?

[BarD.p]

3) Howto GUI Login Menu:

Code:

sudo apt-get install kdm-kde3

Ignore any errors. there should only be two lines of it fyi. Reboot and you will get a plain GUI login menu for kde that has welcome message for Kubuntu but these are customisable under:
KMenu > System > Settings > System Administration > Login Manager

I found it too, but when I do it, then I have log in GUI but after I log in I have only blue wallpaper and small text console window in left upper corner.

[agrix]

Whoops, double post :x

People people,

Why should you install all kinds of new unneccary software???

First you need to setup a root password, you can do this by entering the root enviroment. You can do this by typing 'sudo su' in a prompt. After you have succesful enterred the root enviroment you can change your password with the following command: 'passwd'

Now we need to edit /etc/rc.local with a texteditor, like VI or nano.

Add the following line before the 'exit 0' line.
-------------------
su root -c startx
-------------------

Save & reboot, and voila no more login prompt.

[manulu]

Gracias >agrix< tu informacion me funciono

[najib]

How do I come back
to the situation before configuring the auto boot ?
If sometime I change my mind

NjB

[agrix]

.. remove this post please

[Killians31]

Edit:

Got this all working no-problem, thanks for the tips!

[dakky21]

Add the following line before the 'exit 0' line.
-------------------
su root -c startx
-------------------

Save & reboot, and voila no more login prompt.

thank you, this works.
but I want to run startx as a user, not as root...

How do i do that? I mean automatically...

[brianjester]

Instead of:

startx

I did this:

echo "Start X?"
read ANS
[[ $ANS == "Y" || $ANS == "y" ]] && startx