Hello Everyone, I have searched the forum regarding this and could not find a way to get autologin to work , even edited the /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf file as mentioned on other sites. Is it possible to autologin. Please assist.
Thank you.
Hello @Hannes, to receive help here, you must first post the result of your āgaruda-inxiā command, we need some information.
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System:
Kernel: 6.16.7-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=01923acb-d818-481c-8528-5855e677c28e rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.48 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0
with: xfce4-panel tools: xfce4-screensaver vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0
Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Dell product: OptiPlex 7020 v: 00
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 6 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0F5C5X v: A00 serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 05A5
uuid: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell v: A18 date: 05/30/2019
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-4590 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Haswell gen: core 4
level: v3 note: check built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6
model-id: 0x3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 0x28
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache:
L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1178 min/max: 800/3700 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1178 2: 1178 3: 1178 4: 1178 bogomips: 26339
Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GT218 [GeForce 210] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nouveau
v: kernel non-free: series: 340.xx status: legacy (EOL~2019-12-xx) last:
release: 340.108 kernel: 5.4 xorg: 1.20 arch: Tesla process: 40-80nm
built: 2006-2013 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DVI-I-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0a65
class-ID: 0300 temp: 51.0 C
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.18 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 driver:
X: loaded: nouveau unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa
dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 509x286mm (20.04x11.26")
s-diag: 584mm (22.99")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 model: MStar Demo serial: <filter>
built: 2007 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 69 gamma: 1.2
size: 708x398mm (27.87x15.67") diag: 1321mm (52") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1280x720 min: 640x480
API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. glxinfo is missing.
Info: Tools: de: xfce4-display-settings x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Dell
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8c20
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0be3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.16.7-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.8 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I217-LM vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel
port: f040 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:153a class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.59 TiB used: 21.28 GiB (1.3%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM003-1ER162
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: CC45 scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD5000AAKX-75U6AA0 size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 1H19 scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Crucial model: CT250MX500SSD1
size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 023 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 232.88 GiB size: 232.88 GiB (100.00%)
used: 21.28 GiB (9.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33
ID-2: /home raw-size: 232.88 GiB size: 232.88 GiB (100.00%)
used: 21.28 GiB (9.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33
ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 232.88 GiB size: 232.88 GiB (100.00%)
used: 21.28 GiB (9.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33
ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 232.88 GiB size: 232.88 GiB (100.00%)
used: 21.28 GiB (9.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.55 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 51.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.55 GiB used: 2.31 GiB (14.8%)
Processes: 248 Power: uptime: 2h 21m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.19 GiB services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager
Init: systemd v: 258 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: 1201 pm: pacman pkgs: 1195 libs: 339 tools: paru,yay pm: flatpak
pkgs: 6 Compilers: gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.3
running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.39
Garuda (2.8.3-2):
System install date: 2025-09-18
Garuda release: 250916
Last full system update: 2025-09-19
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot: <superuser required>
Failed units:
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I donāt use xfce, but I believe that more details on this would help.
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Go to System Settings > User accounts, click āUnlockā and enter your password, then click the button next to āAutomatic loginā:
or 2.
Create a file /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf and add the following content:
autologin-user=$user>
autologin-user-timeout=5
(donāt insert 0)
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