Problems with auto-login configuration

Problems with auto-login configuration

[Eric Seuret]

Hello,

I am a new Guix user and first I want say wow! Being able to just write
the configuration in a text file is only one of the nice things about
guix. So thank to all the developers.

That being said, I have a small problem. I am trying to setup a machine
so that a user is logged in automatically but I have problems. Here is
my (services ...) configuration for this.

(services
    (append
      (list (service gnome-desktop-service-type)
            (service openssh-service-type)
            (set-xorg-configuration
              (xorg-configuration
                (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout))))
      (modify-services %desktop-services
		       (gdm-service-type
			config => (gdm-configuration
				   (auto-login? #t)
				   (default-user "username"))))))

The problem, is that, if i have (auto-login? #f) then the systems boot
all the way to GDM and I can login with all users. However, when I try
with (auto-login? #t), then the system just presents me with a console
login. The user with username is also define in (users ...). 

I am sure that I have done something false, unfortunately, I can't seem
find it.

Thanks in advance,

--
E. Seuret  

Re: Problems with auto-login configuration

[znavko]

Yeah. The other problem is how to login with another user if you have autologin user, described here:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2019-06/msg00302.html

Would you try Slim instead of gdm as I had workable config for Slim?

Guix needs some wiki how-tos for such questions as my and your. Github sometimes helps here 
https://github.com/search?p=2&q=guix+config&type=Repositories
but not convenient and not at all.

March 25, 2020 8:48 PM, "Eric Seuret" <eric@ericst.ch> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am a new Guix user and first I want say wow! Being able to just write
> the configuration in a text file is only one of the nice things about
> guix. So thank to all the developers.
> 
> That being said, I have a small problem. I am trying to setup a machine
> so that a user is logged in automatically but I have problems. Here is
> my (services ...) configuration for this.
> 
> (services
> (append
> (list (service gnome-desktop-service-type)
> (service openssh-service-type)
> (set-xorg-configuration
> (xorg-configuration
> (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout))))
> (modify-services %desktop-services
> (gdm-service-type
> config => (gdm-configuration
> (auto-login? #t)
> (default-user "username"))))))
> 
> The problem, is that, if i have (auto-login? #f) then the systems boot
> all the way to GDM and I can login with all users. However, when I try
> with (auto-login? #t), then the system just presents me with a console
> login. The user with username is also define in (users ...). 
> 
> I am sure that I have done something false, unfortunately, I can't seem
> find it.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> --
> E. Seuret

Re: Problems with auto-login configuration

[Eric Seuret]

Thank you for the github and Slim tips. 

Slim actually worked, for future readers, this is the (services ...)
configuration that worked for me. 

(services
 (cons* (service gnome-desktop-service-type)
	(service openssh-service-type)
	(set-xorg-configuration
	 (xorg-configuration
	  (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout))
	 slim-service-type)
	(service slim-service-type (slim-configuration
				    (auto-login? #t)
				    (default-user "username")))
	(remove (lambda (service)
		  (eq? (service-kind service) gdm-service-type))
		%desktop-services)))

Yes, you can't logout and login again as different user... But my other
user is there mainly through ssh so, it is not really a problem.

Best Regards,

--
E. Seuret