# Using LightDM Autologin Greeter

This package of the LightDM Autologin Greeter is configured by
default to start a session called `lightdm-xsession`,
which does not exist.

If you wish to define this session, you can do so by creating
`/usr/share/xsessions/lightdm-xsession.desktop`.

The file will look something like this:

```
[Desktop Entry]
Name=LightDM X11 Session
Comment=Basic X11 Session invoked by LightDM
Exec=/usr/local/etc/lightdm-xsession.xinitrc
TryExec=/usr/local/etc/lightdm-xsession.initrc
Type=Application

```

The `lightdm-xsession.xinitrc` file is an executable shell script,
which would look something like this:

```
#!/bin/bash

exec matchbox-window-manager &

xterm

```

Finally, you'd need to define the autologin parameters, which you
can do by creating `/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/99-autologin.conf`.

The file will look something like this:

```
[Seat:*]
autologin-user=user
autologin-user-timeout=0
```

That will get you a basic autologin kiosk-like section. If you
want to do a bit more, check out some of the common configuration
examples for LightDM: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/LightDM/CommonConfiguration/

More information is available on the LightDM website: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/LightDM/