From: jack@handsome.com   
      
   On Tue, 23 Dec 2025 20:25:23 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:27:29 -0000 (UTC), Handsome Jack wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Maybe you’re not running lightdm as your display manager.   
      
   Maybe not. inxi -F returns   
   {   
   Host: jack-Surface-Pro Kernel: 6.17.1-surface-2 arch: x86_64 bits: 64   
   Desktop: Xfce v: 239.871.768 Distro: Linux Mint 22.2 Zara   
   [snip]   
   Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.1 with:Xwayland v:23.26 driver: X-   
   loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev, vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 resolution:   
   2736x1824~60Hz   
   [snip a load more seemingly irrelevant stuff about audio etc].   
   }   
      
   Also, systemctl status display-manager returns   
   {   
   * sddm.service - Simple Desktop Display Manager   
   	Loaded: loaded (usr/lib/systemd/system/sddm.service; enabled;   
   preset: enabled)   
   	Active: active (running) since Wed 2025-12-24 10:46:14 GMT; X min   
   ago   
   then reams of stuff about docs, process, PID, tasks, memory ... ending in   
   	jack-Surface-pro sddm[950]: Session started true   
   }   
      
   I don't know how to parse these let alone construe them.   
      
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