RPi Debian Auto Login

This guide would show you how to login to a Debian image and start LXDE by simply powering the Pi on.

Method 1:auto Login:
In Terminal:

sudo nano/etc/inittab
Scroll down to:

1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 115200 tty1
and change to

#1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 115200 tty1
Under that line add:

1:2345:respawn:/bin/login-f pi tty1 </dev/tty1 >/dev/tty1 2>&1
Ctrl+x to exit, Y to save followed by enter twice

Method 2:auto StartX (Run LXDE)
In Terminal:

sudo nano/etc/rc.local
Scroll to the bottom and add the following above exit 0:

Su-l pi-c StartX
(where pi is the username-want to run X as). Press Ctrl+x to exit, Y to save followed by Enter twice.

(Note:the previous method indicated that you should add StartX to/etc/profile. The updated method is better, since it would cause STARTX to run only when necessary, and it would not launch the X server A s root.)

RPi Debian Auto Login