Autologin doesn't work

**toug2** · September 17th, 2020

Hi,
I trying to have autologin, but it doesn't work (sometimes, it does

)

Here is the content of lightdm.conf

Code:

myuser@myuser-HP-EliteBook-8570p:~$ cat /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
[Seat:*]
autologin-user=myuser
autologin-user-timeout=0
pam-autologin-service=lightdm-autologin

Please help!

**ActionParsnip** · September 17th, 2020

https://www.maketecheasier.com/enabl...login-lightdm/
Seems you need to specify the session name

**toug2** · September 18th, 2020

Originally Posted by ActionParsnip

https://www.maketecheasier.com/enabl...login-lightdm/
Seems you need to specify the session name

What is the difference between user and session name?

**ActionParsnip** · September 18th, 2020

user is the username you log in with
session is the name of the session, such as Lubuntu, Gnome-shell, XFCE and sets the desktop environment for you. If you log in normally and run

Code: