On Fri 09 Oct 2015 at 15:58:55 -0400, James Richardson wrote: > Brian writes: > > > 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. > > runit provides service supervision it can run under sysv init *OR* > replace the init system.
Yes. You've repeated what I quoted from 'apt-cache show' without adding why changing one's init system to get a simple thing like autologin is at all beneficial to most users. > I can describe my config in more detail if interested. Not necessary.