RPi Debian Auto Login - Revision history

HBrydon: /* Change "Debian Squeeze" to "Debian" */

2013-02-24T21:19:28Z

‎Change "Debian Squeeze" to "Debian"

BertF: /* Auto StartX (Run LXDE) */ Add "-l" flag to su which causes this to be more like a normal login (e.g. the current directory will be the user's home, not root)

2013-02-24T15:51:37Z

‎Auto StartX (Run LXDE): Add "-l" flag to su which causes this to be more like a normal login (e.g. the current directory will be the user's home, not root)

Peteruithoven: /* Auto StartX (Run LXDE) */

2013-01-31T14:35:57Z

‎Auto StartX (Run LXDE)

Jnylen: /* Auto StartX (Run LXDE) */

2012-10-22T12:49:39Z

‎Auto StartX (Run LXDE)

Jnylen: /* Auto StartX (Run LXDE) */

2012-10-22T12:49:19Z

‎Auto StartX (Run LXDE)

Helpme1986 at 08:09, 26 April 2012

2012-04-26T08:09:36Z

Helpme1986: Created page with "This guide will show you how to login to Debian Squeeze and start LXDE by simply powering the Pi on. ==Auto Login:== In Terminal: sudo nano /etc/inittab Scroll down to: 1:2345..."

2012-04-26T08:07:16Z

Created page with "This guide will show you how to login to Debian Squeeze and start LXDE by simply powering the Pi on. ==Auto Login:== In Terminal: sudo nano /etc/inittab Scroll down to: 1:2345..."

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This guide will show you how to login to Debian Squeeze and start LXDE by simply powering the Pi on.

==Auto Login:==
In Terminal:
sudo nano /etc/inittab
Scroll down to:
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 115200 tty1
and change to
#1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 115200 tty1

Under that line add:
1:2345:respawn:/bin/login -f pi tty1 </dev/tty1 >/dev/tty1 2>&1
Ctrl+X to exit, Y to save followed by enter twice

==Auto StartX (Run LXDE)==
In Terminal:
sudo nano /etc/profile
At the scroll to the bottom and add:
startx
ctrl+x to exit, Y to save followed by enter twice

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:19, 24 February 2013
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−	This guide will show you how to login to Debian ~~Squeeze~~ and start LXDE by simply powering the Pi on.	+	This guide will show you how to login to a Debian image and start LXDE by simply powering the Pi on.

	==Auto Login:==		==Auto Login:==

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 Scroll to the bottom and add the following above exit 0:
-  su pi -c startx
+  su -l pi -c startx
 (where <code>pi</code> is the username you want to run X as).  Press <code>Ctrl+X</code> to exit, <code>Y</code> to save followed by <code>Enter</code> twice.

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   sudo nano /etc/rc.local
-Scroll to the bottom and add:
+Scroll to the bottom and add the following above exit 0:
   su pi -c startx

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 (where <code>pi</code> is the username you want to run X as).  Press <code>Ctrl+X</code> to exit, <code>Y</code> to save followed by <code>Enter</code> twice.
-''(Note: The previous method indicated that you should add <code>startx</code> to </code>/etc/profile</code>.  The updated method is better, since it will cause <code>startx</code> to run only when necessary, and it will not launch the X server as root.''
+''(Note: The previous method indicated that you should add <code>startx</code> to <code>/etc/profile</code>.  The updated method is better, since it will cause <code>startx</code> to run only when necessary, and it will not launch the X server as root.)''
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← Older revision		Revision as of 08:09, 26 April 2012
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	startx		startx
	ctrl+x to exit, Y to save followed by enter twice		ctrl+x to exit, Y to save followed by enter twice
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 ==Auto StartX (Run LXDE)==
 In Terminal:
-  sudo nano /etc/profile
-At the scroll to the bottom and add:
+  sudo nano /etc/rc.local
   startx
-ctrl+x to exit, Y to save followed by enter twice
+Scroll to the bottom and add:
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