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In Terminal:
 
In Terminal:
  sudo nano /etc/profile
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At the scroll to the bottom and add:
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  sudo nano /etc/rc.local
  startx
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ctrl+x to exit, Y to save followed by enter twice
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Scroll to the bottom and add:
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  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.
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''(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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Revision as of 05:49, 22 October 2012

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/rc.local

Scroll to the bottom and add:

su pi -c startx

(where pi is the username you want to run X as). Press Ctrl+X to exit, Y to save followed by Enter twice.

(Note: The previous method indicated that you should add startx to /etc/profile. The updated method is better, since it will cause startx to run only when necessary, and it will not launch the X server as root.)