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adeffs.mythtv at gmail

Jul 21, 2012, 4:54 PM

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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS auto login

has anyone tried this?
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Frontend_Auto_Login#Ubuntu_12.04_LTS

I can't get it to work. If I try to do it with the mythtv user I just
get the login screen.
if I try to do it with my normal user I get a "system error detected" message


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nick.rout at gmail

Jul 21, 2012, 4:58 PM

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Re: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS auto login [In reply to]

On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv [at] gmail> wrote:
> has anyone tried this?
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Frontend_Auto_Login#Ubuntu_12.04_LTS
>
> I can't get it to work. If I try to do it with the mythtv user I just
> get the login screen.
> if I try to do it with my normal user I get a "system error detected" message

You don't want to be auto logging in as mythtv. In mythbuntu user
mythtv runs the backend, and the user you created on install runs the
frontend. You want to auto log in as that user.
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adeffs.mythtv at gmail

Jul 21, 2012, 5:11 PM

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Re: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS auto login [In reply to]

On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout [at] gmail> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv [at] gmail> wrote:
>> has anyone tried this?
>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Frontend_Auto_Login#Ubuntu_12.04_LTS
>>
>> I can't get it to work. If I try to do it with the mythtv user I just
>> get the login screen.
>> if I try to do it with my normal user I get a "system error detected" message
>
> You don't want to be auto logging in as mythtv. In mythbuntu user
> mythtv runs the backend, and the user you created on install runs the
> frontend. You want to auto log in as that user.

ok, so I figured out the system error issue and got that working, but
now with the wiki method the user logs in but instead of following
what is in the .xsession file with mythfrontend running, the standard
unity2d interface comes up.


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monkeypet at gmail

Jul 21, 2012, 9:22 PM

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Re: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS auto login [In reply to]

On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv [at] gmail>wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout [at] gmail> wrote:
> > On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv [at] gmail>
> wrote:
> >> has anyone tried this?
> >> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Frontend_Auto_Login#Ubuntu_12.04_LTS
> >>
> >> I can't get it to work. If I try to do it with the mythtv user I just
> >> get the login screen.
> >> if I try to do it with my normal user I get a "system error detected"
> message
> >
> > You don't want to be auto logging in as mythtv. In mythbuntu user
> > mythtv runs the backend, and the user you created on install runs the
> > frontend. You want to auto log in as that user.
>
> ok, so I figured out the system error issue and got that working, but
> now with the wiki method the user logs in but instead of following
> what is in the .xsession file with mythfrontend running, the standard
> unity2d interface comes up.
>

I think it will default to the last session logged in. Try to login with
the session you want selected. Then the next autologin it should start
that selected session. You might want to play with the autologin-session
option in the lightdm.conf file.

[SeatDefaults]
autologin-guest=false
autologin-user=username
autologin-user-timeout=0autologin-session=lightdm-autologinuser-session=Xsession
greeter-session=unity-greeter


Is there a reason why you are using a "custom session"? Mine was because
my frontend isn't a fast machine, so I used the Xsession to only start
mythfrontend and fluxbox wm bypassing the cruft that comes with unity2d.

If your machine is fast enough, just let it start unity2d and then have
that autostart mythfrontend.


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>
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adeffs.mythtv at gmail

Jul 21, 2012, 9:36 PM

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Re: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS auto login [In reply to]

On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 12:22 AM, Monkey Pet <monkeypet [at] gmail> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv [at] gmail>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout [at] gmail> wrote:
>> > On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv [at] gmail>
>> > wrote:
>> >> has anyone tried this?
>> >> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Frontend_Auto_Login#Ubuntu_12.04_LTS
>> >>
>> >> I can't get it to work. If I try to do it with the mythtv user I just
>> >> get the login screen.
>> >> if I try to do it with my normal user I get a "system error detected"
>> >> message
>> >
>> > You don't want to be auto logging in as mythtv. In mythbuntu user
>> > mythtv runs the backend, and the user you created on install runs the
>> > frontend. You want to auto log in as that user.
>>
>> ok, so I figured out the system error issue and got that working, but
>> now with the wiki method the user logs in but instead of following
>> what is in the .xsession file with mythfrontend running, the standard
>> unity2d interface comes up.
>
>
> I think it will default to the last session logged in. Try to login with
> the session you want selected. Then the next autologin it should start that
> selected session. You might want to play with the autologin-session option
> in the lightdm.conf file.
>
> [SeatDefaults]
> autologin-guest=false
> autologin-user=username
> autologin-user-timeout=0
> autologin-session=lightdm-autologin
> user-session=Xsession
> greeter-session=unity-greeter
>
>
> Is there a reason why you are using a "custom session"? Mine was because my
> frontend isn't a fast machine, so I used the Xsession to only start
> mythfrontend and fluxbox wm bypassing the cruft that comes with unity2d.
>
> If your machine is fast enough, just let it start unity2d and then have that
> autostart mythfrontend.

I got it working sans window manager like I had in 10.04 and using the
mythtv user. I have having to use lightdm and a window manager etc if
I don't have to and this way has always worked fine for me. I figured
I'd try the lightdm method with 12.04 since it *looked* almost as
clean, but it was being a PITA so I just got the way I wanted to do it
from the beginning working. (so far...)

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