On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 04:55:08PM +0200, Jan Johansson wrote: > > Hello! > > I am grying to set up autologin in GNOME 2.1.4 in my Etch-box. > > But, the only user in the list I can chose from is the user I created > during initial install of the system. None of the users created after > install (more specifically, I would like to auto-logon the user mythtv) > is displayed in the list. > > Need I perform some additional task for a user to be selectable? > > (Yes, the mythtv-user has a password, and logging on manually works) >
Hi Jan, I was looking into setting up a kiosk mode with gdm/gnome and I read about gdm having 2 options (not sure they are in the gdm in etch/testing) in Sid. It has autologin and timed autologin. You edit the /etc/gdm/gdm.conf. this autologsin the kiosk user ------------- [daemon] AutomaticLogin=kiosk ------------- this autologsin the kiosk user after 10 seconds ------------- [daemon] TimedLoginEnable=true TimedLogin=kiosk TimedLoginDelay=10 ------------------ hope this helps Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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