Audo login.

[Terri Fischer]

David Aitken writes on Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:14:36 +1000:

DA> Is it possible to make PeeWeeLinux boot into a XWindows without having to
DA> make the user login?  All I need is the user to be able to interact with my
DA> graphical XWindows based program on a touch screen computer.

DA> Thank You,
DA> David Aitken.

On mine, I created a shell script file:
   /etc/rcS.d/95local

to be the last thing run at boot time (so, the '95' is higher than any
other file in rcS.d), containing as the final entry:

  #!/bin/bash
  echo starting X as root
  su - root -c /root/my.autostart &

Then, in the file /root/my.autostart:

  #! /bin/bash
  # Source /etc/profile since don't seem to automatically be getting the PATH
  source /etc/profile
  # /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc has the startup for X and my program
  startx

Where /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc launches the program I want to take over
the screen as well as the window manager.

I wouldn't be surprised if there's an easier way (like just running
'startx' on the su line).  I did this a year or so ago and haven't
changed it since.  I do mine as root, but you may not have to.

Good luck,
Terri

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Terri L. Fischer			terri@ner.com
New England Research, Inc.		
White River Jct., VT
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