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{{Tip|It is possible to change {{ic|1=Type=idle}} to {{ic|1=Type=simple}} and avoid delaying the execution of agetty until all jobs (state change requests to units) are completed. This option is more useful when [[Start X at Login|starting X automatically]]. See {{ic|man systemd.service}} for more info. {{Note|{{ic|1=Type=simple}} can cause systemd boot-up messages to pollute the login prompt.}}}} | {{Tip|It is possible to change {{ic|1=Type=idle}} to {{ic|1=Type=simple}} and avoid delaying the execution of agetty until all jobs (state change requests to units) are completed. This option is more useful when [[Start X at Login|starting X automatically]]. See {{ic|man systemd.service}} for more info. {{Note|{{ic|1=Type=simple}} can cause systemd boot-up messages to pollute the login prompt.}}}} | ||
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Finally, you need to disable the old getty@.service for the specified TTY and enable the new autologin@.service for the same TTY: | Finally, you need to disable the old getty@.service for the specified TTY and enable the new autologin@.service for the same TTY: |
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This article describes how to automatically log in to a virtual console at the end of the boot process. This article only covers console log-ins; methods for starting an X server are described in Start X at Boot.
Contents
Service
Create a new service file similar to getty@.service
by copying it to /etc/systemd/system/
:
# cp /usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service /etc/systemd/system/autologin@.service
/etc/systemd/system/
takes precedence over /usr/lib/systemd/system/
.Once created you can link the new autologin@.service
to your chosen tty, e.g. tty1
, tty2
, [...] tty8
, etc, by specifying it as an alias in the [Install]
section of the unit file. Also, change the value of ExecStart
in autologin@.service
, to end up with something like this:
/etc/systemd/system/autologin@.service
[Service] [...] ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --noclear -a USERNAME %I 38400 [...] [Install] Alias=getty.target.wants/getty@tty1.service
Type=idle
to Type=simple
and avoid delaying the execution of agetty until all jobs (state change requests to units) are completed. This option is more useful when starting X automatically. See man systemd.service
for more info. Type=simple
can cause systemd boot-up messages to pollute the login prompt.Finally, you need to disable the old getty@.service for the specified TTY and enable the new autologin@.service for the same TTY:
# systemctl daemon-reload # systemctl disable getty@tty1 # systemctl enable autologin@tty1 # systemctl start autologin@tty1
To avoid errors related to display-manager.service in dmesg, you should set the default target to multi-user instead of graphical:
# systemctl enable multi-user.target
(See also: Change default runlevel/target to boot into.)