In older versions of Fedora, there is a GDM tool that lets you set up so that when the computer starts and gets to the log on screen it automatically chooses the user, puts in the password and then runs.
The problem is, GDM-setup no longer is there. Was this replaced with something else? Was this left off of Fedora 9 for a reason?
I need this function as our AC power here isn't always the best. Sometimes we loose power and this always happens at the most inopportune moments. It happens typically once per month. I have the PC set up so it restarts when power is restored. But, now the PC isn't able to log in automatically. I need this function because I run a program (xastir) that connects via a radio and TNC (terminal node controller) for amateur radio operators so that they can be tracked using APRS on the internet. My station is one of several thousand others throughout the world that ports the licensed user to the internet. The program requires that I be logged on and it be running to function.
If there is no workaround for version 9, what are the chances this will be restored in version 10?
To see what I am talking about, you can go to www.findu.com and enter my call WM5Z-1 or to see the weather use WM5Z-15.
--- On Sun, 10/12/08, Steve Friis wm5z@comcast.net wrote:
From: Steve Friis wm5z@comcast.net Subject: Auto Log in screen To: fedora-list@redhat.com Date: Sunday, October 12, 2008, 8:33 AM In older versions of Fedora, there is a GDM tool that lets you set up so that when the computer starts and gets to the log on screen it automatically chooses the user, puts in the password and then runs.
The problem is, GDM-setup no longer is there. Was this replaced with something else? Was this left off of Fedora 9 for a reason?
I need this function as our AC power here isn't always the best. Sometimes we loose power and this always happens at the most inopportune moments. It happens typically once per month. I have the PC set up so it restarts when power is restored. But, now the PC isn't able to log in automatically. I need this function because I run a program (xastir) that connects via a radio and TNC (terminal node controller) for amateur radio operators so that they can be tracked using APRS on the internet. My station is one of several thousand others throughout the world that ports the licensed user to the internet. The program requires that I be logged on and it be running to function.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/auto-login-fedora-9-6...
If there is no workaround for version 9, what are the chances this will be restored in version 10?
Don't actually know the chances but it has to between 0 and 1 inclusively :)
with 0 not being restored and 1 being restored.
To see what I am talking about, you can go to www.findu.com and enter my call WM5Z-1 or to see the weather use WM5Z-15.
-- Steve Friis Amateur Call WM5Z APRS WM5Z-1 Las Cruces Igate | APRS WM5Z-2 Home | APRS WM5Z-3 RV | APRS WM5Z-15 Weather
--
Regards,
Antonio
[olivares@localhost ~]$ uname -a Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.27 #1 SMP Fri Oct 10 21:49:51 CDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
On Sunday 12 October 2008 17:33, Steve Friis wrote:
In older versions of Fedora, there is a GDM tool that lets you set up so that when the computer starts and gets to the log on screen it automatically chooses the user, puts in the password and then runs.
The problem is, GDM-setup no longer is there. Was this replaced with something else? Was this left off of Fedora 9 for a reason?
I need this function as our AC power here isn't always the best. Sometimes we loose power and this always happens at the most inopportune moments. It happens typically once per month. I have the PC set up so it restarts when power is restored. But, now the PC isn't able to log in automatically. I need this function because I run a program (xastir) that connects via a radio and TNC (terminal node controller) for amateur radio operators so that they can be tracked using APRS on the internet. My station is one of several thousand others throughout the world that ports the licensed user to the internet. The program requires that I be logged on and it be running to function.
If there is no workaround for version 9, what are the chances this will be restored in version 10?
To see what I am talking about, you can go to www.findu.com and enter my call WM5Z-1 or to see the weather use WM5Z-15.
-- Steve Friis Amateur Call WM5Z APRS WM5Z-1 Las Cruces Igate | APRS WM5Z-2 Home | APRS WM5Z-3 RV | APRS WM5Z-15 Weather
Hi Steve. Perhaps this will resolve your problem, and have just tried it on F9, and it autologs me in to KDE (I didn't think it would work by the way)
Su to root, and open a text editor (gedit, kwrite, whatever), and navigate to /etc/gdm/custom.conf, and add the following lines to the file.
[daemon] # Automatic login, if true the first local screen will automatically logged # in as user as set with AutomaticLogin key AutomaticLoginEnable=true AutomaticLogin=djmons
Obviously change my username (djmons) to yours.
I surprise myself sometimes, when trying something that I don't expect to work, and it does.
Nigel.
Steve Friis wrote:
In older versions of Fedora, there is a GDM tool that lets you set up so that when the computer starts and gets to the log on screen it automatically chooses the user, puts in the password and then runs.
The problem is, GDM-setup no longer is there. Was this replaced with something else? Was this left off of Fedora 9 for a reason?
Hi
I post the same question, and the answer : edit /etc/gdm/custom.conf
however AutomaticLogin did not work properly as released, your system will need to be 'yum updated' for it to work properly.
Add the section in the file :
[daemon] AutomaticLoginEnable=true AutomaticLogin=your_username
If you can't yum update the system there is a workaround via a timed login :
[daemon] TimedLoginEnable=true TimedLogin=your_username TimedLoginDelay=0
And why is not present in F9:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f9/en_US/sn-Desktop.html#sn-GNOM...
Regards
Marcelo
On Mon, 2008-10-13 at 12:56 +0100, Marcelo M. Garcia wrote:
Steve Friis wrote:
In older versions of Fedora, there is a GDM tool that lets you set up so that when the computer starts and gets to the log on screen it automatically chooses the user, puts in the password and then runs.
The problem is, GDM-setup no longer is there. Was this replaced with something else? Was this left off of Fedora 9 for a reason?
Hi
I post the same question, and the answer : edit /etc/gdm/custom.conf
however AutomaticLogin did not work properly as released, your system will need to be 'yum updated' for it to work properly.
Add the section in the file :
[daemon] AutomaticLoginEnable=true AutomaticLogin=your_username
If you can't yum update the system there is a workaround via a timed login :
[daemon] TimedLoginEnable=true TimedLogin=your_username TimedLoginDelay=0
GDM/Gnome changed it up some and it doesn't work like it used it, which I believe was F8 and below. F9 goes along with a new setup and new paramaters that can be used. Below is the URL that describes what can be used now, in which auto logon is no longer used, but you can still use timed logins as stated above.
http://live.gnome.org/GDM/2.22/Configuration
On Monday 13 October 2008 16:40, Mike Chambers wrote:
On Mon, 2008-10-13 at 12:56 +0100, Marcelo M. Garcia wrote:
Steve Friis wrote:
In older versions of Fedora, there is a GDM tool that lets you set up so that when the computer starts and gets to the log on screen it automatically chooses the user, puts in the password and then runs.
The problem is, GDM-setup no longer is there. Was this replaced with something else? Was this left off of Fedora 9 for a reason?
Hi
I post the same question, and the answer : edit /etc/gdm/custom.conf
however AutomaticLogin did not work properly as released, your system will need to be 'yum updated' for it to work properly.
Add the section in the file :
[daemon] AutomaticLoginEnable=true AutomaticLogin=your_username
If you can't yum update the system there is a workaround via a timed login :
[daemon] TimedLoginEnable=true TimedLogin=your_username TimedLoginDelay=0
GDM/Gnome changed it up some and it doesn't work like it used it, which I believe was F8 and below. F9 goes along with a new setup and new paramaters that can be used. Below is the URL that describes what can be used now, in which auto logon is no longer used, but you can still use timed logins as stated above.
http://live.gnome.org/GDM/2.22/Configuration
-- Mike Chambers
The link above is interesting, but I can confirm that Autologin still works with F9, by adding the following lines that I borrowed from /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf on my FC2 install. Before suggesting this to Steve Friis I rebooted F9, and was auto logged in to KDE. (never used autologin before)
[daemon] # Automatic login, if true the first local screen will automatically logged # in as user as set with AutomaticLogin key AutomaticLoginEnable=true AutomaticLogin=djmons
Steve replied (unfortunately sending the reply by way of the latest digest he'd received, so the subject is the digest one), saying that those lines work fine on his laptop, and was about to try it on his server, where he needs autologin to work.
Odd that the link above mentions nothing about autologin, but have confirmed for myself that the above lines added to /etc/gdm/custom.conf on F9 still work for autologin.
Just an observation.
Nigel.
Apologies if this post is received twice. Big delays on the list receiving it again.
On Monday 13 October 2008 16:40, Mike Chambers wrote:
On Mon, 2008-10-13 at 12:56 +0100, Marcelo M. Garcia wrote:
Steve Friis wrote:
In older versions of Fedora, there is a GDM tool that lets you set up so that when the computer starts and gets to the log on screen it automatically chooses the user, puts in the password and then runs.
The problem is, GDM-setup no longer is there. Was this replaced with something else? Was this left off of Fedora 9 for a reason?
Hi
I post the same question, and the answer : edit /etc/gdm/custom.conf
however AutomaticLogin did not work properly as released, your system will need to be 'yum updated' for it to work properly.
Add the section in the file :
[daemon] AutomaticLoginEnable=true AutomaticLogin=your_username
If you can't yum update the system there is a workaround via a timed login :
[daemon] TimedLoginEnable=true TimedLogin=your_username TimedLoginDelay=0
GDM/Gnome changed it up some and it doesn't work like it used it, which I believe was F8 and below. F9 goes along with a new setup and new paramaters that can be used. Below is the URL that describes what can be used now, in which auto logon is no longer used, but you can still use timed logins as stated above.
http://live.gnome.org/GDM/2.22/Configuration
-- Mike Chambers
The link above is interesting, but I can confirm that Autologin still works with F9, by adding the following lines that I borrowed from /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf on my FC2 install. Before suggesting this to Steve Friis I rebooted F9, and was auto logged in to KDE. (never used autologin before)
[daemon] # Automatic login, if true the first local screen will automatically logged # in as user as set with AutomaticLogin key AutomaticLoginEnable=true AutomaticLogin=djmons
Steve replied (unfortunately sending the reply by way of the latest digest he'd received, so the subject is the digest one), saying that those lines work fine on his laptop, and was about to try it on his server, where he needs autologin to work.
Odd that the link above mentions nothing about autologin, but have confirmed for myself that the above lines added to /etc/gdm/custom.conf on F9 still work for autologin.
Just an observation.
Nigel.
On Mon, 2008-10-13 at 19:13 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote:
The link above is interesting, but I can confirm that Autologin still works with F9, by adding the following lines that I borrowed from /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf on my FC2 install. Before suggesting this to Steve Friis I rebooted F9, and was auto logged in to KDE. (never used autologin before)
[daemon] # Automatic login, if true the first local screen will automatically logged # in as user as set with AutomaticLogin key AutomaticLoginEnable=true AutomaticLogin=djmons
Steve replied (unfortunately sending the reply by way of the latest digest he'd received, so the subject is the digest one), saying that those lines work fine on his laptop, and was about to try it on his server, where he needs autologin to work.
Odd that the link above mentions nothing about autologin, but have confirmed for myself that the above lines added to /etc/gdm/custom.conf on F9 still work for autologin.
Thought, it works with kde, but what about gnome? Have you or Steve tried it with gnome desktop instead to see what happens?
On Monday 13 October 2008 21:10, Mike Chambers wrote:
On Mon, 2008-10-13 at 19:13 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote:
The link above is interesting, but I can confirm that Autologin still works with F9, by adding the following lines that I borrowed from /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf on my FC2 install. Before suggesting this to Steve Friis I rebooted F9, and was auto logged in to KDE. (never used autologin before)
[daemon] # Automatic login, if true the first local screen will automatically logged # in as user as set with AutomaticLogin key AutomaticLoginEnable=true AutomaticLogin=djmons
Steve replied (unfortunately sending the reply by way of the latest digest he'd received, so the subject is the digest one), saying that those lines work fine on his laptop, and was about to try it on his server, where he needs autologin to work.
Odd that the link above mentions nothing about autologin, but have confirmed for myself that the above lines added to /etc/gdm/custom.conf on F9 still work for autologin.
Thought, it works with kde, but what about gnome? Have you or Steve tried it with gnome desktop instead to see what happens?
-- Mike Chambers
Well all I can say is that I've just tried it with autologin to Gnome, and it works like magic, and I have access to the Gnome desktop, just as it does with autologin to KDE.
That's all I can say. Adding the lines, as above to /etc/gdm/custom.conf, just seem to work, whether that is for KDE, or Gnome.
Nigel.
The link above is interesting, but I can confirm that Autologin still works with F9, by adding the following lines that I borrowed from /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf on my FC2 install. Before suggesting this to Steve Friis I rebooted F9, and was auto logged in to KDE. (never used autologin before)
[daemon] # Automatic login, if true the first local screen will automatically logged # in as user as set with AutomaticLogin key AutomaticLoginEnable=true AutomaticLogin=djmons
Steve replied (unfortunately sending the reply by way of the latest digest he'd received, so the subject is the digest one), saying that those lines work fine on his laptop, and was about to try it on his server, where he needs autologin to work.
Odd that the link above mentions nothing about autologin, but have confirmed for myself that the above lines added to /etc/gdm/custom.conf on F9 still work for autologin.
Thought, it works with kde, but what about gnome? Have you or Steve tried it with gnome desktop instead to see what happens?
Nigel Henry wrote: Well all I can say is that I've just tried it with autologin to Gnome, and it works like magic, and I have access to the Gnome desktop, just as it does with autologin to KDE.
That's all I can say. Adding the lines, as above to /etc/gdm/custom.conf, just seem to work, whether that is for KDE, or Gnome.
I can also confirm that it works in Gnome. I've been using it for a while now.
Trapper
On Sun, 2008-10-12 at 09:33 -0600, Steve Friis wrote:
I have the PC set up so it restarts when power is restored. But, now the PC isn't able to log in automatically. I need this function because I run a program (xastir) that connects via a radio and TNC (terminal node controller) for amateur radio operators so that they can be tracked using APRS on the internet. My station is one of several thousand others throughout the world that ports the licensed user to the internet. The program requires that I be logged on and it be running to function.
Is it not possible to make it run as a standalone service, that doesn't need you logged in? Services that do the sort of jobs that you've described shouldn't run as a user.
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