<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Ross Campbell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ross.campbell@gmail.com">ross.campbell@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 12:49 PM, sdavmor <<a href="mailto:sdavmor@systemstheory.net">sdavmor@systemstheory.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> Ross Campbell wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:42 AM, sdavmor<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:sdavmor@systemstheory.net">sdavmor@systemstheory.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Stuart Larson wrote:<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> One quick question since everything else on my upgrade from<br>
>>>>>> Ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10 went very well.<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> Before the upgrade it would autologin and start mythtv. Now<br>
>>>>>> I get the user login screen. Once I select the user<br>
>>>>>> (there's only one on our media center server) and put in<br>
>>>>>> the user password everything proceeds as before. Where do I<br>
>>>>>> need to go to force-fix this so it starts up and logs<br>
>>>>>> itself in as it used to do?<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> If you are running mythbuntu on your Ubuntu system, you can<br>
>>>>> just go to the mythbuntu control centre. There you can<br>
>>>>> disable/enable the autologin. There is a way to manually do<br>
>>>>> it as well but you can google that as easily as any of us.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I googled it for the OP (I believe it's basically renaming the custom<br>
>>>> config file in /etc/gdm to custom.conf, and ensuring<br>
>>>> your username is in it.<br>
>><br>
>> I believe some gnome behaviors changed between 9.04 and 9.10 that<br>
>> have more subtle impact on the autologin functionality.<br>
>><br>
>> In 9.04, I had autologin enabled, and whenever my myth box hung,<br>
>> I'd hit ctrl-alt-backspace to restart the xserver. Autologin would<br>
>> run a timer and then automatically start mythfrontend at end of<br>
>> time if I did nothing. This was a simple "panic button" fix for<br>
>> myhtv with a high WAF.<br>
>><br>
>> With 9.10, initial boot autologin and start of mythfrontend works<br>
>> as desired, HOWEVER... ctrl-alt-backspace is disabled by default.<br>
>> After re-enabling it, I found that gdm doesn't auto-re-login, and<br>
>> when I manually login, it doesn't auto-re-start mythfrontend.<br>
>><br>
>> Anyone know how to change this back to the 9.04 behavior?<br>
>><br>
>> Also, here's how to re-enable ctrl-alt-backspace -<br>
>> <a href="http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-enabledisable-ctrlaltbackspace-in-ubuntu-9-10-karmic.html" target="_blank">http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-enabledisable-ctrlaltbackspace-in-ubuntu-9-10-karmic.html</a><br>
>> -- IMHO, this may be a useful default for mythbuntu.<br>
>><br>
>> -Ross<br>
><br>
> I haven't tested any of what is on this page, but this link provides<br>
> info on "Frontend Auto Login". Option 3 for Karmic mentions dealing<br>
> with mythfrontend crashes.<br>
><br>
> <<a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Frontend_Auto_Login#Note_on_Ubuntu_Karmic_.289.10.29" target="_blank">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Frontend_Auto_Login#Note_on_Ubuntu_Karmic_.289.10.29</a>><br>
<br>
</div></div>different - that's just process restarting. I'm talking about dealing<br>
with locked up x session by restarting x and having gdm ALWAYS<br>
autologin (not just 1st boot)<br>
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-Ross</font></blockquote><div><br>What I do is I set both timed and automatic login in custom.conf and it works.<br><br>Just add the following lines to /etc/gdm/custom.conf<br><br>[daemon]<br>AutomaticLoginEnable=true<br>
AutomaticLogin=mythtv<br>TimedLoginEnable=true<br>TimedLogin=mythtv <br><br></div></div>