[mythtv-users] Ubuntu 12.04 LTS auto login

Steven Adeff adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com
Sun Jul 22 00:11:19 UTC 2012


On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>> has anyone tried this?
>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Frontend_Auto_Login#Ubuntu_12.04_LTS
>>
>> I can't get it to work. If I try to do it with the mythtv user I just
>> get the login screen.
>> if I try to do it with my normal user I get a "system error detected" message
>
> You don't want to be auto logging in as mythtv. In mythbuntu user
> mythtv runs the backend, and the user you created on install runs the
> frontend. You want to auto log in as that user.

ok, so I figured out the system error issue and got that working, but
now with the wiki method the user logs in but instead of following
what is in the .xsession file with mythfrontend running, the standard
unity2d interface comes up.


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Steve
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