[mythtv-users] Ubuntu Edgy Wiki

[Mario Limonciello]

The wiki was intended for you to choose your ordinary user name.  This was a
typo that it still had mythtv as the user name in some text.  I'll correct
it.



On 11/2/06, Michael MacLeod <mikemacleod at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> What you'll in fact find is that gdmsetup wont let you select the
> mythtv user, generally. Because the mythtv user is added by a
> post-install script as a system user, it's UID is less than 1000,
> which is where 'regular' user accounts start on ubuntu. gdmsetup, near
> as I can tell, wont let you select a user for automatic login who's
> UID is less than 1000. So the simple solution is to edit
> /etc/gdm/gdm.conf in your favourite text editor. Here's the relevant
> section from my gdm.conf:
>
> [daemon]
> # Automatic login, if true the first local screen will automatically
> logged in
> # as user as set with AutomaticLogin key.
> AutomaticLoginEnable=true
> AutomaticLogin=mythtv
>
>
> On 11/2/06, Michael Tiller <michael.tiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> > David,
> >
> >   I would not call this definitive by any stretch but on my system (I
> > followed the same instructions by the way) I run mythfrontend as
> "mythtv".
> > The backend gets run at startup from /etc/init.d so I assume the backend
> is
> > running as root.
> >
> >   So to answer your question, I think you should do automatic login as
> > mythtv (since I know for sure it works for the manual process).
> >
> > P.S. - I thought it was somewhat odd that those instructions go directly
> to
> > automatic login as part of the process.  Personally, I would add that
> later
> > since it is such a minor issue (and easy to get working).
> >
> > --
> > Mike
> >
> > On 11/1/06, David Fishburn <fishburn at ianywhere.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I am following the instructions at:
> > >
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MythTV_Edgy_Backend_Frontend
> > >
> > > This is my first Myth install so just need a bit of clarification.
> > >
> > >
> > > ###########
> > > Start gdm. Choose openbox for your session. The login is very quick,
> > almost
> > > instantaneous. Be sure to login as your normal user, and not the
> mythtv
> > user
> > > (The mythtv user is only used to run mythbackend).
> > >       sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart
> > >
> > > Right click the desktop and choose the terminal. Run gdmsetup to
> configure
> > > an automatic login for the mythtv user as well as a time delayed login
> if
> > > you logout. This will make the bootup a lot more streamlined
> (especially
> > for
> > > HTPC use)
> > >       sudo gdmsetup
> > > ############
> > >
> > > In the screen captures of the gdmsetup, the show to set the "Enable
> > > Automatic Login" to "superm1".
> > >
> > > The above says:
> > > - "The mythtv user is only used to run mythbackend"
> > > - "Run gdmsetup to configure an automatic login for the mythtv user"
> > > - "Enable Automatic Login" to "superm1"
> > >
> > > So which is it?
> > > Should we automatically login the mythtv user?
> > > This machine is being used as both the backend and the frontend.
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
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