[FletchF]

I have a Kodibuntu box that was originally installed using Kodibuntu 14.0 install media. I keep it updated using apt-get, so I am now running the latest Jarvis and all available Ubuntu updates.

When I did the original install, I did not choose "auto login" via the installer, so it requires me to enter my user password when booting. I would now like to change this to auto-login, but I can't quite figure out how.

I have changed /etc/lxdm/default.conf to contain:

Code:

autologin=mark

and my /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf looks like this:

Code:

[SeatDefaults]
xserver-command=/usr/bin/X -bs -nolisten tcp
autologin-user=mark
autologin-user-timeout=0
autologin-session=kodi
user-session=kodi
greeter-session=lightdm-gtk-greeter
allow-guest=false
default-user=mark

However, when I reboot, the greeter still appears and requires my password before launching Kodi.

What am I missing?

Thanks.

[J876]

Did you try having a look in the folder

/etc/lightdm

to see if there are any subfolders?

On my Ubuntu setup, I have the Lubuntu desktop with LightDM and there is the following subfolder:

/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d

and inside that folder there was this file (for other desktop environments, like Unity, this may be different):

20-lubuntu.conf

I edited this file to enable auto-login.

[FletchF]

On my Ubuntu setup, I have the Lubuntu desktop with LightDM and there is the following subfolder:

/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d

and inside that folder there was this file (for other desktop environments, like Unity, this may be different):

20-lubuntu.conf

I edited this file to enable auto-login.

Thanks for the suggestion, but I just tried copying my [SeatDefaults] settings to /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/20-kubuntu.conf. No change. It still asks me to login with my password.

Any other suggestions out there?

[J876]

Another troubleshooting tip:

Do you have LightDM as the default display/desktop manager?

Open a terminal and enter the following:

Code:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm

and press ENTER.

Then set LightDM as the default display/destop manager from the list and select OK.

Next, reboot your Kodi machine.

See if that helps.

[FletchF]

Hmm.

Code:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm

provides no output and does not present a list to choose from. I thought this was because LightDM was the only display manager intalled by kodibuntu. However, after rebooting my problem is solved. My box now automatically logs me in. Thanks a lot for the suggestions!

[J876]

It is strange that terminal command didn't work, I looked it up on the Ubuntu documentation/Wiki.

Anyway, I am glad that the problem was solved.

[FletchF]

It is strange that terminal command didn't work, I looked it up on the Ubuntu documentation/Wiki.

Anyway, I am glad that the problem was solved.

I wouldn't say that it didn't work. I'm not sure why it had no output, but I'm convinced that it solved my problem. Thanks again.

[J876]

It is strange that terminal command didn't work, I looked it up on the Ubuntu documentation/Wiki.

Anyway, I am glad that the problem was solved.

I wouldn't say that it didn't work. I'm not sure why it had no output, but I'm convinced that it solved my problem. Thanks again.

You're welcome.