From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 12/27/2025 6:18 AM, Handsome Jack wrote:   
   > On Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:39 -0500, Paul wrote:   
   >   
   >> OK, I got autologin working here, via instructions from Arch.   
   >>   
   >> This article didn't match on a lot of detail, but it had the critical   
   >> bit.   
   >>   
   >>    https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/SDDM   
   >>   
   >> First when I did this and set it up:   
   >>   
   >>     sudo dpkg-reconfigure sddm   
   >>   
   >> I was "greeted" on next boot, by a rather stiff-looking blank "username"   
   >> and blank "password" field. So by default, there was no autologin set up   
   >> at all. Makes sense (unless sddm was the default manager when the distro   
   >> was constructed and the distro team did all the work for this via the   
   >> installer details).   
   >>   
   >> The Arch instructions are simple   
   >>   
   >> cd /etc sudo mkdir sddm.conf.d           # Directory is missing.   
   >> cd sddm.conf.d                   # Need to create a file.   
   >> sudo touch autologin.conf        # grease rails, so the File:Save   
   >> actually works for you sudo xed autologin.conf          # Add three   
   >> lines as follows. Likely to be User=jack   
   >>   
   >> **************** autologin.conf contents ********************   
   >> [Autologin]   
   >> User=jacksaccountname Session=xfce **************** end autologin.conf   
   >> contents ********************   
   >>   
   >> When I did that, saved, did this to double-check   
   >>   
   >> cat autologin.conf   
   >>   
   >> then shutdown and did another boot attempt...   
   >>   
   >> I was greeted by being right in the xfce desktop session,   
   >> with no stiff-greeter asking for my account and password like originally   
   >> happened.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Do you think it might be easier for me to reinstall lightdm instead, as it   
   > is more easily configurable using the xcfe settings "Login Window"   
   > utility? If so, how would I do that?   
   >   
      
   By symmetry, that might be something like   
      
       sudo dpkg-reconfigure  lightdm   
      
   and that would re-wire the original stuff. I didn't   
   remove or purge anything and both solutions are sitting   
   on disk, waiting to be swapped in.   
      
   My SDDM looks like this right now. VMWare graphics driver. And SDDM.   
      
   System:   
     Host: ARROW Kernel: 6.14.0-37-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc   
       v: 13.3.0   
     Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.41 wm: xfwm4 dm: SDDM   
       Distro: Linux Mint 22.2 Zara base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble   
   Graphics:   
     Device-1: VMware SVGA II Adapter driver: vmwgfx v: 2.20.0.0 ports:   
       active: Virtual-1 empty: Virtual-2, Virtual-3, Virtual-4, Virtual-5,   
       Virtual-6, Virtual-7, Virtual-8 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 15ad:0405   
     Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6   
       compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: vmware   
       unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: swrast gpu: vmwgfx display-ID: :0.0   
       screens: 1   
     Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x900 s-dpi: 96   
     Monitor-1: Virtual-1 mapped: Virtual1 res: 1600x900 size: N/A   
     API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast   
       surfaceless: drv: swrast x11: drv: swrast inactive: wayland,device-0   
     API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 25.0.7-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 glx-v: 1.4   
       direct-render: yes renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 20.1.2 128 bits)   
       device-ID: ffffffff:ffffffff   
      
   Now I'll try to reconfigure it.   
      
      # You'll need uparrow/downarrow to select the item   
      # and the tab key to position for the red OK indicator, then hit Enter.   
      # It's a kind of ncurses interface (text).   
      
      sudo dpkg-reconfigure  lightdm   
      
   Time for a reboot. The reboot is for luck.   
      
   OK, it did autologin, now to do some Inxi and check it.   
      
   System:   
     Host: ARROW Kernel: 6.14.0-37-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc   
       v: 13.3.0   
     Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.41 wm: xfwm4 dm: 1: LightDM   
       2: SDDM note: stopped Distro: Linux Mint 22.2 Zara base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble   
   Graphics:   
     Device-1: VMware SVGA II Adapter driver: vmwgfx v: 2.20.0.0 ports:   
       active: Virtual-1 empty: Virtual-2, Virtual-3, Virtual-4, Virtual-5,   
       Virtual-6, Virtual-7, Virtual-8 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 15ad:0405   
     Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6   
       compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: vmware   
       unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: swrast gpu: vmwgfx display-ID: :0.0   
       screens: 1   
     Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x900 s-dpi: 96   
     Monitor-1: Virtual-1 mapped: Virtual1 res: 1600x900 size: N/A   
     API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast   
       surfaceless: drv: swrast x11: drv: swrast inactive: wayland,device-0   
     API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 25.0.7-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 glx-v: 1.4   
       direct-render: yes renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 20.1.2 128 bits)   
       device-ID: ffffffff:ffffffff   
      
   Looks good so far.   
      
   Notice how Inxi says the other solution is merely "stopped". Weird.   
      
      Paul   
      
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