I was trying to find the /etc/inittab
where I do my autologin. But in Ubuntu 11.04 that file seems to be lost. Is this the correct way you do it in Ubuntu?
# Auto Login for Ubuntu how?
# 1. apt-get install mingetty
# 2. vim /etc/init/tty1.conf
# tty1 - getty
#
# This service maintains a getty on tty1 from the point the system is
# started until it is shut down again.
start on stopped rc RUNLEVEL=[2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]
respawn
#exec /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty1
exec /sbin/mingetty --autologin <PUTYOUR_USERNAME_HERE> tty1
^
|____ edited only this line, seems to be working
Best Answer
There is no
/etc/inittab
in Ubuntu, because Ubuntu uses upstart to define startup services and runlevel. And this has not started from the last release of Ubuntu, but a long time ago.Anyway, you can still use
inittab
, simply create one. I report a passage from/usr/share/doc/upstart/README.Debian.gz
:but bear in mind that Ubuntu do not use standard runlevel meaning as other linux distros/unix os. Old standard was:
but Ubuntu uses:
Finally, if you want to have a virtual terminal with automatic login, then modifying the
exec
line intty1.conf
seems the correct way, though I do not know mingetty, so cannot say if you used it correctly.