enable automatic login

[ppW]

Hello everyone, how to enable automatic login on portues?
The system version I use is 4.0.
I found that there are related options in the system settings，but it cannot be applied
Thanks！

[Ed_P]

How are you booting Porteus? Are you referring to booting or activating after it has been suspended? What system setting are you referring to and why can't it be applied?

[ppW]

How are you booting Porteus? Are you referring to booting or activating after it has been suspended? What system setting are you referring to and why can't it be applied?

Thanks,Ed_p
I installed it on the USB flash drive and booted from the USB flash drive.
The graphical interface is selected after startup.
I want to add a user in the system settings and check automatic login.
However, after entering the information and confirming it, the new user cannot be seen in the user list on the left.

[ppW]

I hope that after the system is started, it can automatically log in as the set user.
No need to enter username and password.

[roadie]

How are you booting Porteus? Are you referring to booting or activating after it has been suspended? What system setting are you referring to and why can't it be applied?

Thanks,Ed_p
I installed it on the USB flash drive and booted from the USB flash drive.
The graphical interface is selected after startup.
I want to add a user in the system settings and check automatic login.
However, after entering the information and confirming it, the new user cannot be seen in the user list on the left.

The user "guest" is hard coded in the initrd.xz. When Porteus boots, it's looking only for "root" or "guest", it knows nothing about other users. The only way to change that would be to rebuild the initrd.xz,

I'm surprised that automatic login isn't working......I suspect you're trying to log in as another user.......that's gonna be difficult without rebuilding the initrd.

Check the "linuxrc" script in /mnt/live, you'll see how it's set up for users.

[Blaze]

https://youtu.be/9d5tr4Jm4f0?t=496

[ncmprhnsbl]

The user "guest" is hard coded in the initrd.xz. When Porteus boots, it's looking only for "root" or "guest", it knows nothing about other users. The only way to change that would be to rebuild the initrd.xz,

actually, there's nothing in linuxrc to do with login.. there is one line referring to guest to do with a (then) bug with busybox 'cp -a' not preserving folder attributes(i guess the origin of the nonposix rootcopy misunderstanding )
login stuff is mostly handled by /etc/rc.d/rc.4 and as far as i know, it's fairly user agnostic..
the default is: autologin, and the cheatcodes: nologin (possibly login= for 4.0) or login=<a user> override this...
the question fo ppW, is: how exactly(with what tools) did you create the new user account ? ie. which DE are you using?

[Ed_P]

ie. which DE are you using?

What Distribution: 1 not clear enough for you?

[roadie]

actually, there's nothing in linuxrc to do with login.. there is one line referring to guest to do with a (then) bug with busybox 'cp -a' not preserving folder attributes(i guess the origin of the nonposix rootcopy misunderstanding )
login stuff is mostly handled by /etc/rc.d/rc.4 and as far as i know, it's fairly user agnostic..
the default is: autologin, and the cheatcodes: nologin (possibly login= for 4.0) or login=<a user> override this...
the question fo ppW, is: how exactly(with what tools) did you create the new user account ? ie. which DE are you using?

Right you are, I confused it with my Porteus/Slitaz.........too many balls in the air.

[orkiman]

hi! new here anyway :
I installed Porteus-CINNAMON-v5.0rc2-x86_64.iso
I added the cheat code login=root to boot/syslinux/porteus.cfg (in the APPEND line of the GRAPHICAL section )
since then, the username at the login page was '=root' (with the "=" instead of just 'root')..
it all fixed when I deleted (renamed) the file porteus/changes/etc/slim.conf
I think it's a bug...

second question : where is usm or: how do i install new programs ? (eg. geany...)
thanks! Or

[ncmprhnsbl]

I installed Porteus-CINNAMON-v5.0rc2-x86_64.iso
I added the cheat code login=root to boot/syslinux/porteus.cfg (in the APPEND line of the GRAPHICAL section )
since then, the username at the login page was '=root' (with the "=" instead of just 'root')..
it all fixed when I deleted (renamed) the file porteus/changes/etc/slim.conf
I think it's a bug...

hi welcome to porteus,
yes, this is a bug, for cinnamon(and probably mate, maybe kde) : a simple typo in /etc/rc.d/rc.4:
lines:

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login=`egrep -o "^login=[^ ]+*" /etc/bootcmd.cfg | cut -dn -f2`
nologin=`grep -o "^nologin" /etc/bootcmd.cfg`

should be:

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login=`egrep -o "login=[^ ]+*" /etc/bootcmd.cfg | cut -d= -f2`
nologin=`grep -o "nologin" /etc/bootcmd.cfg`

(remove the ^ in front of login=)
since you're using changes, you can edit this and those cheatcodes should work for you.

second question : where is usm or: how do i install new programs ? (eg. geany...)

usm is in a state of limbo for 5.0 at the moment, since we're running with slackware current... once slackware 15 arrives and porteus 5.0 is finalized, maybe it will be reinstated, too early to say ..
for packages that are in slackware-current official repo, there's getpkg
in the meantime there's Ignispkg for Porteus 5.0 and other web based helpers like slakfinder.org or pkgs.org .. tracking down dependencies is manual, i'm afraid: eg. using ldd /usr/bin/foo to find missing libs and/or running in the term and decyphering the errors.. slakfinder.org does have a nice filename(eg. lib.so) search feature..
for geany: so happens, i have a module lying around: geany-1.36 for porteus 5.0+