I've searched but I'm not finding anything that makes sense to me. Admitedly, I'm too used to KDE.
How do I set up auto logon with XFCE?
Since there is no GUI app for it in XFCE that I've found then I assume I need to modify a configuration file somewhere but I have no clue which one(s) to edit. My system uses MDM as a display manager, if that matters.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
XFCE Auto Logon
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XFCE Auto Logon
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Re: XFCE Auto Logon
Hi,
try this
try this
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sudo gedit /etc/mdm/mdm.conf
AutomaticLoginEnable - Do you want the autologin on or off
AutomaticLogin=<user> - The name of the lucky user
TimedLoginEnable - Do you want to enable auto-login on session restart
TimedLogin=<user> - Name of the user for timed logins
TimedLoginDelay - Delay before entering the session again
Re: XFCE Auto Logon
I honestly looked in /etc/mdm/mdm.conf but not close enough. It pointed me to /usr/share/mdm/defaults.conf (that details the options you pointed out) which pointed me to /usr/share/mdm/distro.conf.
But after reading into all of that... I found that there is a graphical configuration tool afterall, it just wasn't anywhere I expected it to be. It's not in "All Settings" area of XFCE nor is it in the Settings menu. It's in the System menu under "Login Window" (I was searching for "logon" this whole time, not finding it).
Thank you very much for your time and sorry to have bothered you.
But after reading into all of that... I found that there is a graphical configuration tool afterall, it just wasn't anywhere I expected it to be. It's not in "All Settings" area of XFCE nor is it in the Settings menu. It's in the System menu under "Login Window" (I was searching for "logon" this whole time, not finding it).
Thank you very much for your time and sorry to have bothered you.
Re: XFCE Auto Logon
Try menu, system, "users and groups"--I believe this is the gui app ypu're looking for.
Bob
Bob
Re: XFCE Auto Logon
Yeah, about "that"...PatH57 wrote:Code: Select all
AutomaticLoginEnable - Do you want the autologin on or off AutomaticLogin=<user> - The name of the lucky user TimedLoginEnable - Do you want to enable auto-login on session restart TimedLogin=<user> - Name of the user for timed logins TimedLoginDelay - Delay before entering the session again
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TimedLoginEnable=false
or
TimedLoginDelay=0
Thanks.
Re: XFCE Auto Logon
if you set TimedLoginEnable to false, no need to put TimedloginDelay?? (it's only used if you want a Delay)TimedLoginEnable=false
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TimedLoginDelay=0
Re: XFCE Auto Logon
Thanks.PatH57 wrote:if you set TimedLoginEnable to false, no need to put TimedloginDelay?? (it's only used if you want a Delay)TimedLoginEnable=false
or
TimedLoginDelay=0
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TimedLoginDelay=0
Options. I love 'em.