Skip Login Automatically

[nygrule56]

Hello I have an Orange pi Prime and I need help getting it to boot directly to the desktop bypassing the login prompt.  I have been searching for a solution but the threads I've found are pretty outdated.  Is there a way to accomplish this?

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:    Debian
Description:    Armbian 24.2.1 bookworm
Release:    12
Codename:    bookworm

 

6.6.16-current-sunxi64

[Werner]

Tried something mentioned here? https://www.google.com/search?q=debian+autologin

[nygrule56]

Not working so far.  I used this code:

 

sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

 

I found the line #autologin-user=

I uncommented the line using ctrl+shift+d

added my username directly after the =

commented with ctrl+d

saved the file and rebooted.

No change so far.

[nygrule56]

OK YES!  Got it to work.  The first thing I did was learn what comment and uncommented lines actually mean.  Then I did these steps because there were some differences between the arch linux solutions and debian.

sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm

sudo groupadd -r autologin

sudo gpasswd -a YOURUSERNAME autologin

sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

In the lightdm.conf file there is a section called [Seat:*].  I uncommented (activated) these lines:

[Seat:*]

pam-service=lightdm

pam-autologin-service=lightdm-autologin

autologin-user=username

autologin-user-timeout=0

autologin-session=

What I did to retrieve the session type was 

echo $DESKTOP_SESSION

 

Overall, not as easy as flipping a switch but it was a good learning experience.  I'm not sure if there are any unnecessary steps here but it is working as it should.

Thank you, Werner for pointing me in the right direction!