[ubuntu-uk] Manually configure gnome?

[Matthew Wild]

On Dec 6, 2007 8:09 PM, Kris Douglas <kris at softdel.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi, I was just wondering if it was possible to manually configure gnome, for
> example to set it to autologin without having desktop access. I am currently
> away from the server, and with using Vino, as you know, needs to be logged
> in to work, and after a spontaneous reboot, I can only access the server
> through ssh. So I was wondering if there was any way to manually change the
> config to autologin the default user and let me use Vino...
>

> ...Thanks, Kris.
>
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  sudo nano /etc/gdm/gdm.conf

There you'll find where you can set the automatic login to true, and
set the username below it. After changing hit Ctrl+O, Ctrl+X, and run:

  sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart

Matthew.