Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:08:29 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: autologin on default shell /bin/sh Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1109251249170.63171@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ5UdcN1yC1Px=4Gmo7vGMj%2BnaapCFkjZnZL9nQEJbx4vdUbUA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAJ5UdcN7px94fjidvTkdB53Kc7KNO9939kpk%2BAmUohqc_7m%2BMA@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1109251140000.39698@wonkity.com> <CAJ5UdcN1yC1Px=4Gmo7vGMj%2BnaapCFkjZnZL9nQEJbx4vdUbUA@mail.gmail.com>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---902635197-984009291-1316977709=:63171 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Sun, 25 Sep 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote: > On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: >> On Sun, 25 Sep 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote: >> >>> I tried to edit ~/.cshrc and copied W Block's example, but it did not work >>> >>> https://freebsd-forums.liquidneon.com/showthread.php?t=22304 >> >> Current link: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=22304 >> >> That example was copied from a specially-configured FreeBSD image that >> auto-starts in X. Try it exactly. If it doesn't work, please be specific >> about what it does. > > I tried it and it worked as Matthew suggested for one time. I put it > in .profile and it worked one time. That will depend on the user's shell; the code is written for csh and will have to be changed for sh or bash. > Subsequent reboots, I have to login then startx runs automatically That would say the autologin entry isn't right. Incidentally, the built-in test(1) command can conflict with use of the word "test", so it's best to use something else. At least for filenames, it might not be a problem here. ---902635197-984009291-1316977709=:63171--
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