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Re: Buster Mate: how to set default user nae

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On 8/10/19 7:52 AM, Tom Browder wrote:
> In an older version of debian (7 or so) I had my system set so the 
> login screen would show my user name as the default.
>
> That went away after some version upgrade or reinstall and I've 
> silently grumbled about it ever since (especially when I inadvertently 
> flash part of my password as my muscle memory has me entering it in 
> the blank user name slot!).
>
> I have tried searching for the solution but so far have found nothing.
>
> I have also tried "find ~/.config -exec grep -i user {} \; -print " 
> and found nothing that seemed worth a deeper look.
>
> Can anyone help me?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Best regards,
>
> -Tom


you can edit lightdm.conf/lightdm.conf

below this header
#
[Seat:*]

find these lines

# autologin-user=
# autologin-user-timeout=0

uncomment the first and add the user name

uncomment the second line if you want autologin (no password)

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Buster Mate: how to set default user nae Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2019-08-10 17:00 +0200
  Re: Buster Mate: how to set default user nae Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2019-08-10 17:10 +0200
    Re: Buster Mate: how to set default user nae Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2019-08-10 17:30 +0200
  Re: Buster Mate: how to set default user nae Peter Ehlert <peter@sdi-baja.com> - 2019-08-10 20:50 +0200
    Re: Buster Mate: how to set default user nae Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2019-08-10 21:20 +0200
      Re: Buster Mate: how to set default user nae Peter Ehlert <peter@sdi-baja.com> - 2019-08-11 01:50 +0200
  Re: Buster Mate: how to set default user nae Mindaugas Celiesius <m.celiesius@yandex.ru> - 2019-08-11 19:40 +0200
    Re: Buster Mate: how to set default user nae Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2019-08-11 22:10 +0200

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