From: jack@handsome.com   
      
   On Tue, 23 Dec 2025 06:56:03 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 23 Dec 2025 06:11:54 -0000 (UTC), Handsome Jack wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > I did this for a friend some years ago. The setup needed to be specific   
   > to the display manager (lightdm, in this case). I created a user called   
   > “guest” with no password, and added it to the “nopasswdlogin” and   
   > “autologin” groups. The file /etc/lightdm/users.conf controls which   
   > users are available for GUI login based on their shell, UID range etc.   
   >   
   > I edited /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/70-linuxmint.conf and added the   
   > line   
   >   
   >     autologin-user=guest   
   >   
   > Can also add line   
   >   
   >     display-stopped-script=shutdown -h now   
   >   
   > so there is only one login session, when that ends, then machine shuts   
   > down.   
   >   
   > Handy info about configuring lightdm: ,   
   > ,   
   > .   
      
   I already have   
   autologin-user=jack   
   in the lightdm.conf file; you can do that via   
   the graphical settings manager -> login window -> users   
   and ticking Automatic login and entering 'jack'.   
   But it doesn't work on the Surface machine. I still get asked for username   
   and pw. Moreover this login screen doesn't look anything like the 'normal'   
   LM login screen I get on my desktop machine.   
      
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