First, be root
sudo -i
Copy the example
cp /usr/share/doc/gdm/examples/custom.conf /etc/gdm/
Edit it with your favourite editor
vim /etc/gdm/custom.conf
Add lines like these under [daemon]
[daemon]
AutomaticLoginEnable=true
AutomaticLogin=username
metalight
[out]standing waves
Exactely what I was looking for!
I have been googling for over an hour.. i thought it saved the custom.conf somewhere else, but it was just in the example dir argh.. thanks for this..
thanx so much ! Been searching for this for over an hour ! Hope the autologin doesn’t need any password info…
Thank you! This is exactly what I was wanting with my ubuntu 10.10 modest spec install.
^_^