From: jack@handsome.com   
      
   On Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:37:05 -0800, Mike Easter wrote:   
      
   > Mike Easter wrote:   
   >> Handsome Jack wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> keyboard; the OSK doesn't appear until after Linux has started, so you   
   >>> can't start if Linux insists on asking for the login password.   
   >>> I haven't worked out how to get round that; the "Don't ask for a   
   >>> password on login" in "users and groups" doesn't work.   
   >>>   
   > gglAIov:   
   >   
   >> To make Linux XFCE skip the password at login, you need to enable   
   >> autologin in your display manager settings (usually LightDM), typically   
   >> by editing /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf to set autologin- user=YourUsernam   
   >>   
   >> What are 'bootloader keyboard settings'?   
   >>   
   > I know of some kb boot parameters but not OSK.   
   >   
   >> It seems to me that the BIOS/UEFI of the Surface should have a function   
   >> to show the OSK during boot in the 'advanced settings'.   
   >>   
   > That's crazy/impossible (idea above) -- to do *during* boot for changing   
   > bios/uefi settings, that needs a kb because of the nature of the   
   > interface.   
   >   
   > My LM Cinnamon install doesn't need a user/pass at login, but that   
   > condition works 'erratically' because some other parts of the system   
   > think they still need a login.   
      
   It would solve my problem if I could just configure LM to start without   
   requiring a login, but I'm damned if I can see how to make it happen. Odd,   
   because I have always had that arrangement on my desktop.   
      
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