Display Managers

Table of Contents

1. Autologin
   1. SDDM
   2. LightDM

Autologin

SDDM

1. Generate current sddm.conf file.

    sddm --example-config > sddm.conf
    mkdir -p /usr/lib/sddm/sddm.conf.d/
    mv sddm.conf /usr/lib/sddm/sddm.conf.d/
   

2. Open the newly generated file. Keep other settings as is and only change these parameters accordingly.

    [Autologin]
    # Whether sddm should automatically log back into sessions when they exit
    Relogin=true
       
    # Name of session file for autologin session (if empty try last logged in)
    Session=
       
    # Username for autologin session
    User={username}
   

LightDM

Edit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf to these config.

autologin-guest=false
autologin-user={username}
autologin-user-timeout=0