--- On Sun, 10/12/08, Steve Friis <wm5z@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Steve Friis <wm5z@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Auto Log in screen > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Date: Sunday, October 12, 2008, 8:33 AM > In older versions of Fedora, there is a GDM tool that lets > you set up so > that when the computer starts and gets to the log on screen > it > automatically chooses the user, puts in the password and > then runs. > > The problem is, GDM-setup no longer is there. Was this > replaced with > something else? Was this left off of Fedora 9 for a reason? > > I need this function as our AC power here isn't always > the best. > Sometimes we loose power and this always happens at the > most inopportune > moments. It happens typically once per month. I have the PC > set up so it > restarts when power is restored. But, now the PC isn't > able to log in > automatically. I need this function because I run a program > (xastir) > that connects via a radio and TNC (terminal node > controller) for amateur > radio operators so that they can be tracked using APRS on > the internet. > My station is one of several thousand others throughout the > world that > ports the licensed user to the internet. The program > requires that I be > logged on and it be running to function. > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/auto-login-fedora-9-673442/ > > If there is no workaround for version 9, what are the > chances this will > be restored in version 10? > Don't actually know the chances but it has to between 0 and 1 inclusively :) with 0 not being restored and 1 being restored. > > To see what I am talking about, you can go to www.findu.com > and enter my > call WM5Z-1 or to see the weather use WM5Z-15. > > -- > Steve Friis > Amateur Call WM5Z > APRS WM5Z-1 Las Cruces Igate | APRS WM5Z-2 Home | APRS > WM5Z-3 RV | APRS WM5Z-15 Weather > > > > -- Regards, Antonio [olivares@localhost ~]$ uname -a Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.27 #1 SMP Fri Oct 10 21:49:51 CDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
