KDE Auto Login

[Ed Greshko]

On 01/06/15 11:07, Rex Dieter wrote:
> Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 2015-01-05 at 23:05 +0100, bitlord wrote:
>>> On Mon, 05 Jan 2015 12:04:08 -0800
>>> Jonathan Ryshpan <jonrysh at pacbell.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is the KDE auto login function, which automatically starts a user
>>>> session when the system boots up, still available under Fedora 21?
>>>> If so, how can it be enabled?
>>>>
>>>> System is
>>>>     4 processor x86_64
>>>>     KDE 4.14.3
>>>>     Fedora 21
>>> Autologin is supported, in f21 KDE spin, sddm is now default (instead
>>> of kdm for fresh installs), and recent changes to it broke
>>> 'sddm-kcm' (kde system-settings module for sddm), but you can still
>>> check '/etc/sddm.conf' [Autologin] section (there is a "template" file)
>>> and edit what you want to set differently.
>> Is there some file under my home directory (probably under $HOME/.kde)
>> that supersedes /etc/sddm.conf when it exists? 
> no.

I was going to say that and add....

No, since sddm is a "system" component while anything under $HOME is user specific.  There are configuration files under your home directory which affects the display but only after your KDE session starts.  I believe they are under ~/.kde/share/apps/kscreen/

>
>> Also where is the "template" file?
> I think the poster meant there are sample/template config entries in the 
> existing /etc/sddm.conf about it (autologin).
>
> -- Rex
>


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