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Spacedementia87 · 2013-09-24, 22:55

I have installed 12.04 from the minimal iso and installed XBMC xvba on it

Since then I have installed lightdm and edited: /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

to say:

Code:
[SeatDefaults]

autologin-user=xbmc

autologin-user-timeout=0

user-session=XBMC

greeter-session=lightdm-gtk-greeter

However I still get prompted for a password at boot.

Why is this not working?

Maxi · 2013-09-25, 01:22

Mmm...lots of people asking that lately...

Have you selected the check-box of "Don't ask for a password at login" for XBMC user at User & Groups menu? If not, auto-login won't work as the system is configured to ask for a password

Also, I assume that you have the correct XBMC.desktop file (at /usr/share/xsessions/ )

[Desktop Entry]
Name=XBMC
Comment=This session will start XBMC Media Center
Exec=xbmc-standalone
TryExec=xbmc-standalone
Type=Application

Max

Spacedementia87 · 2013-09-25, 07:35

Thanks for the response.
I have not clicked that box, but I am unable.. I I installed Ubuntu from the minimal iso and then installed lightdm from apt-get.

The only session I can pick at log in is xbmc. I can't choose to go to a desktop in order to get to the user and groups menu.

charjol · 2013-09-25, 08:12

Furthermore I think you also need to add this to /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf :

pam-service=lightdm-autologin

Since you installed from minimal and added the display manager later, I assume you don't use a desktop, so there is probably no "Don't ask for a password" box to check.

Spacedementia87 · 2013-09-25, 08:25

You are right. There is no box to check. I will try adding that line to my configuration file when I get home and report back how it works.

Spacedementia87 · 2013-09-25, 20:12

Nope adding that line does not work.

It still asks for the password on boot

Maxi · 2013-09-26, 02:43

Is XBMC user the user you created during installation? I'm guessing here, but as the first user created during installation has admin privileges, I imagine that there should be some security-locks that need to be removed before that user can log-in without a password.

It's pure guessing, but maybe you want to try adding a plain userand changing your lightdm.conf

Max