I want to log in automatically in Antix 7.01, when I start it up. As I am the sole user of this laptop, the fingerprint authorization in the BIOS of my machine is adequate for my security needs.

In Gnome and KDE it' s relatively simple to create an automated logon for a user. But how do I do that in Antix with Fluxbox?

Greetz, Pjotr.

I know how to take care of half the battle. In /etc/slim.conf look for a default user line. Uncomment it and substitute your user name in.

When you reboot slim will ask only for your password.

I'm sure someone with more technical knowledge can jump in here and let you know a direct answer to your question. I'm curious about this as well.

Auto login is just bypassing slim. It can be done but I can only offer some links.


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This is not recommended though.

eriefisher

I don't think slim (antiX login manager) allows for auto-login.
You could install gdm or kdm, though it will drag other dependencies with it.

Slim itself does not but you should be able to just startx instead of slim. I think it's in the inittab somewhere but you would be asking for more trouble than it's worth.

eriefisher

Thanks for the replies. Something for the wish list? __{{emoticon}}__

I'm looking into this too. These tutorials might give some insight:
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(well maybe not so much the first one)

I played around a bit and found that eeriefishers first suggested link to an earlier antiX thread worked for me(
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) , in particular pet's suggestions re mingetty; to sum up my total changes (refer to that thread for more details);

1) blanked out /etc/init.d/slim (after a backup copy was made of course __{{emoticon}}__ )
2) apt-get mingetty and modify /etc/inittab to log desired default user on with mingetty.
3) call startx from that default users ~/bash_profile script