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Todd_Z

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From: MA, USA

Registered: 2005-01-31

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automatically load x

How do I log in a default user, with a supplied password, and execute startx on boot?

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noamsml

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Registered: 2005-06-25

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Re: automatically load x

well, since all commands in /etc/rc.local are executed as root, I am guessing it you can just add the following line to /etc/rc.local:

su <user> -c startx

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cactus

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Re: automatically load x

install some *dm, like kdm or gdm, and those generally have functionality to autologin a user at startup.
Have the *dm start on boot, by adding it to the daemons array, or by setting the runlevel to 5..

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Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

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Re: automatically load x

I don't think you want to have automatic logins... Just a matter of local security.

If you want to start X immediately after boot, use a display manager like XDM, GDM, or KDM - the wiki entry on Gnome has something on that, but I'll explain it here.

1. Open up your /etc/inittab file as root.

2. Change the 3 in the line

id:3:initdefault:

to a 5.

3. Edit the line that says

x:5:respawn:/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm --nodaemon

replacing "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm" with the display manager you want to use (or leaving it alone if you want to use XDM).

4. Save and exit.

IceRAM

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2004-03-04

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Re: automatically load x

..., but I'll explain it here.

You do realize that's an awful lot of work compared to adding "kdm"/"gdm" in the DAEMONS array in /etc/rc.conf (=the Arch way, IMO), don't you? Any particular advantage over the DAEMONS solution when changing the runlevel (besides the (obvious) technical differences)?

P.S.: I wonder why xdm doesn't have a /etc/rc.d/ script... (maybe because it's ugly and almost nobody uses it?... I might be wrong)

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tomk

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Registered: 2004-07-21

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Re: automatically load x

P.S.: I wonder why xdm doesn't have a /etc/rc.d/ script...

Because it doesn't need one?

(maybe because it's ugly and almost nobody uses it?... I might be wrong)

Well, I use it, in the manner described above - not much work at all, if you ask me. Oh, and thanks to this User Contribution, it's not ugly either. It's installed automatically with xorg, and suits me, a non-Gnome/KDE guy, just fine.