On Fri 09 Oct 2015 at 13:50:07 -0400, James Richardson wrote: > > Richard Owlett writes: > > > [resend, had not appeared in archives after 2 hours] > > > > How to do an autologin? In a DE independent way? > > > > http://manpages.debian.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=autologin&apropos=1 > > gave no relevant links. > > > > A Google search gave only decade old or DE related links. > > > > I currently use Mate, but exploring other desktops(avoiding Gnome > > 3!!!;}. > > I'd like something similar to autoexec.bat from DOS/CPM days. > > I've used runit for such things successfully, most recently for starting > kodi at startup on my HTPC.
apt-cache show runit has as part of its output: runit service supervision can run under sysv init or replace the init system completely. Complete init replacement requires some manual configuration described in the supplied documentation. So the standard systemd init system needs replacing to get autologin in a DE independent way? Technically you might be correct but are you serious? It doesn't seem very elegant.
