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Paul A.
Asked: 2015-01-15 15:57:58 +0800 CST

Default login after logout

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I can set the default login that's used when I first start my system -- in fact, the installation procedure specifically allows for setting the startup to log in automatically. But is there a way to get that automatic login to be used after logout?

I'm running Kubuntu 14.10.

login-screen

2 Answers

  1. open file:

    gksudo gedit /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-kubuntu.conf

    and change line user-session to what session you want to set it as default session (default is kde-plasma.desktop for kubuntu 14.10)

    [SeatDefaults]
user-session=kde-plasma.desktop

    You can get all installed session on your Kubuntu with the following command:

    ls /usr/share/xsessions/

gnome.desktop
kde-plasma.desktop
ubuntu.desktop
xfce.desktop
xubuntu.desktop
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  2. Found something!

    In the /usr/share/doc/lightdm/lightdm.conf documentation I found the following parameters in the [SeatDefaults] section:

    # autologin-user = User to log in with by default (overrides autologin-guest)
# autologin-user-timeout = Number of seconds to wait before loading default user

    :-)

    /etc/init/lightdm.conf is a dud: it's some script that starts lightdm...

    However in /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d are a bunch of scripts that contain the section [SeatDefaults] of which 50-unity-greeter.conf contains a modification by myself to turn on the numlock on login, so I'm convinced that that is where we should start looking...

    This isn't a real "answer" to your question but more an invite to work together on how to solve this... your thoughts?

    P.S. Your reputation is high enough to just [edit] my answer and change it the way you want...

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