From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 12/27/2025 6:47 AM, Paul wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   And now that I'm back in lightdm, the XFCE Login settings is available   
   as it was before, with the control at the bottom of Users and so on.   
   The settings on it were not changed, and as soon as lightdm picked up   
   again, it used the settings as they were before.   
      
      Paul   
      
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