--- On Sun, 10/12/08, Steve Friis <wm5z(a)comcast.net> wrote:
From: Steve Friis <wm5z(a)comcast.net>
Subject: Auto Log in screen
To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com
Date: Sunday, October 12, 2008, 8:33 AM
In older versions of Fedora, there is a GDM tool that lets
you set up so
that when the computer starts and gets to the log on screen
it
automatically chooses the user, puts in the password and
then runs.
The problem is, GDM-setup no longer is there. Was this
replaced with
something else? Was this left off of Fedora 9 for a reason?
I need this function as our AC power here isn't always
the best.
Sometimes we loose power and this always happens at the
most inopportune
moments. It happens typically once per month. I have the PC
set up so it
restarts when power is restored. But, now the PC isn't
able to log in
automatically. I need this function because I run a program
(xastir)
that connects via a radio and TNC (terminal node
controller) for amateur
radio operators so that they can be tracked using APRS on
the internet.
My station is one of several thousand others throughout the
world that
ports the licensed user to the internet. The program
requires that I be
logged on and it be running to function.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/auto-login-fedora-...
If there is no workaround for version 9, what are the
chances this will
be restored in version 10?
Don't actually know the chances but it has to between 0 and 1 inclusively :)
with 0 not being restored and 1 being restored.
To see what I am talking about, you can go to
www.findu.com
and enter my
call WM5Z-1 or to see the weather use WM5Z-15.
--
Steve Friis
Amateur Call WM5Z
APRS WM5Z-1 Las Cruces Igate | APRS WM5Z-2 Home | APRS
WM5Z-3 RV | APRS WM5Z-15 Weather
--
Regards,
Antonio
[olivares@localhost ~]$ uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.27 #1 SMP Fri Oct 10 21:49:51 CDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64
x86_64 GNU/Linux