Raspberry Pi auto login without etc/inittab

raspberry-pi raspbian
ADTank picture ADTank · Nov 17, 2015 · Viewed 22.2k times · Source

I would like to settup my Raspberry Pi to auto login in a specific user. I googled this and the solutions that i found were about editing the /etc/inittab file. My problem is now i dont have that file, it appears to be missing in my version of Raspbian. Is there another way to do this?

Answer

Steve picture Steve · Jan 12, 2016

My autologin.conf file appears as below. Note the %I, my pi hangs otherwise:

[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --autologin pi --noclear %I 38400 linux

Related questions

How to compile a kernel module for Raspberry pi?

I'm having trouble compiling a kernel module for a raspberry pi. I want to compile a "hello world" kernel module using the raspberry pi itself. I am using raspbian wheezy 3.6.11+. I tried following the directions at http://elinux.org/RPi_…

Read More
How to disable sleeping on Raspberry pi

I am working on a project similar to the one at http://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-Pi-Wall-Mounted-Google-Calendar/?ALLSTEPS Similarly, I need my pi to stay on constantly. I have the regular Raspbian OS installed and I am using Iceweasel browser …

Read More
iwconfig - connect network via wifi on terminal

On raspberry pi irukeru@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode managed irukeru@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo iwconfig wlan0 channel 11 irukeru@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid linksys irukeru@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo iwconfig wlan0 key xxxxxxx Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) : invalid argument "…

Read More