Auto-login to raspberry Pi running on Ubuntu Mate v.15.04 terminal mode

Support & Help Requests Raspberry Pi
#1

Hi,
I have disabled successfully the GUI on the pi by following the article,
now we want to auto-login to the pi as part of our plan to make it run completely headless.

I have tried many suggested solution available online such as editing /etc/inittab and etc… but none of the solutions worked for me. How can we Auto-login to raspberry Pi running on Ubuntu Mate v.15.04 terminal mode?

Thanks

#2

This should help you run Ubuntu MATE headless.

#3

I have already executed the commands in the link you provided to disable the GUI on the raspberry Pi.
Now i want to auto-login to the pi as the pi is booted up. Do you know how to do that?

#4

Have you solved this problem ? I have the same issue ! I successfully log in into console mode, but the pi is waiting for user and password, I would like to skip this. Let me know if you know how to do this now, please.

Thank you

#5

Hey I solved this… hope you already solved it too, here is the trick
Create the directory:
sudo mkdir /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]

Create file:
sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]/autologin.conf

Insert:
[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --autologin YOURUSERNAMEHERE --noclear %I 38400 linux

Save the file and that’s all.