Auto login.

[David Aitken]

Thank you very much.  That was quite helpful.

David.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terri Fischer" <terri@ner.com>
To: <peeweelinux@adis.on.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 11:41 PM
Subject: Audo login.


>
> 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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