Howto autologin w/ GDM3 (not running full Gnome) Discussion

[bmc5311]

The how to can be found here: http://www.debianuserforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1462

[fsmithred]

If you'd also like to be logged in automatically when you drop to console (ctrl-alt-F1, F2-F6) you can edit /etc/inittab.

Replace the following lines

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1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4
5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5
6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6


with these

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1:2345:respawn:/bin/login -f user </dev/tty1 >/dev/tty1 2>&1
2:23:respawn:/bin/login -f YOUR_LOGIN_NAME </dev/tty2 >/dev/tty2 2>&1
3:23:respawn:/bin/login -f YOUR_LOGIN_NAME </dev/tty3 >/dev/tty3 2>&1
4:23:respawn:/bin/login -f YOUR_LOGIN_NAME </dev/tty4 >/dev/tty4 2>&1
5:23:respawn:/bin/login -f YOUR_LOGIN_NAME </dev/tty5 >/dev/tty5 2>&1
6:23:respawn:/bin/login -f YOUR_LOGIN_NAME </dev/tty6 >/dev/tty6 2>&1


and then run this command (or reboot)

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init q