Enable auto login into SLIM
One of the things that annoyed me was having to enter my login and password at every boot. I use SLIM. Fortunately SLIM is very easy to setup to autologin a specific user.
Here’s how… :
To make SLiM automatically login as a specified user (without having to type a password) the following lines in /etc/slim.conf should be changed.
# default_user simone
Uncomment this line, and change “simone” to the user to be logged into automatically.
# auto_login no
Uncomment this line and change the ‘no’ to ‘yes’. This enables the auto login feature.
Good luck!
Source: Arch Wiki pages
Oh, man, I wish I’d found your blog sooner! I was using SLiM but wanted auto login, because I was tired of logging in. I ended up going with the mingetty method on the Arch Linux wiki and uninstalling SLiM. It’s working out well.
It seemed so silly, I would login once after booting up and leave my desktop unlocked and on all day, so what’s the point of manually logging in to begin with? Plus, it’s really hard to type in a user name and password while holding a baby. :/
Hi! sorry for the late respons. Glad to help another dad
Cheers Sven