[mythtv-users] Auto Login mythtv user on start

Jim Valavanis jimvman at comcast.net
Fri Nov 7 11:11:44 EST 2003


Yes very easy.
Check out Jarod's great page for this configuration at...

http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-page.php?pageName=rh9pvr250
and go to section...

15. Configure automatic startup


Jim

James Pifer wrote:

>Kind of [OT].... I know this was asked before because I browsed several
>of the posts. I'm using a 350 and TV Out and it's finally working. I
>have a script in rc.local that loads all the ivtv stuff as well as
>mythbackend. Then the console goes to the login screen. 
>
>If I login as my mythtv user I get the OSD on my TV, and I have
>mythfrontend starting automatically. Perfect. 
>
>BUT, I want to stick this PC in my home theater with no
>keyboard,mouse,monitor. Any maintenance would be done with VNC and SSH. 
>
>Is there an EASY way of getting the console to login automatically as
>mythtv when it starts up? I'm running Redhat 9 in case it makes a
>difference. 
>
>Thanks,
>James
>
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