[mythtv-users] Ubuntu Edgy Wiki

[Michael MacLeod]

What you'll in fact find is that gdmsetup wont let you select the
mythtv user, generally. Because the mythtv user is added by a
post-install script as a system user, it's UID is less than 1000,
which is where 'regular' user accounts start on ubuntu. gdmsetup, near
as I can tell, wont let you select a user for automatic login who's
UID is less than 1000. So the simple solution is to edit
/etc/gdm/gdm.conf in your favourite text editor. Here's the relevant
section from my gdm.conf:

[daemon]
# Automatic login, if true the first local screen will automatically logged in
# as user as set with AutomaticLogin key.
AutomaticLoginEnable=true
AutomaticLogin=mythtv


On 11/2/06, Michael Tiller <michael.tiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> David,
>
>   I would not call this definitive by any stretch but on my system (I
> followed the same instructions by the way) I run mythfrontend as "mythtv".
> The backend gets run at startup from /etc/init.d so I assume the backend is
> running as root.
>
>   So to answer your question, I think you should do automatic login as
> mythtv (since I know for sure it works for the manual process).
>
> P.S. - I thought it was somewhat odd that those instructions go directly to
> automatic login as part of the process.  Personally, I would add that later
> since it is such a minor issue (and easy to get working).
>
> --
> Mike
>
> On 11/1/06, David Fishburn <fishburn at ianywhere.com> wrote:
> >
> > I am following the instructions at:
> >
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MythTV_Edgy_Backend_Frontend
> >
> > This is my first Myth install so just need a bit of clarification.
> >
> >
> > ###########
> > Start gdm. Choose openbox for your session. The login is very quick,
> almost
> > instantaneous. Be sure to login as your normal user, and not the mythtv
> user
> > (The mythtv user is only used to run mythbackend).
> >       sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart
> >
> > Right click the desktop and choose the terminal. Run gdmsetup to configure
> > an automatic login for the mythtv user as well as a time delayed login if
> > you logout. This will make the bootup a lot more streamlined (especially
> for
> > HTPC use)
> >       sudo gdmsetup
> > ############
> >
> > In the screen captures of the gdmsetup, the show to set the "Enable
> > Automatic Login" to "superm1".
> >
> > The above says:
> > - "The mythtv user is only used to run mythbackend"
> > - "Run gdmsetup to configure an automatic login for the mythtv user"
> > - "Enable Automatic Login" to "superm1"
> >
> > So which is it?
> > Should we automatically login the mythtv user?
> > This machine is being used as both the backend and the frontend.
> >
> > TIA
> >
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