Hi Folks,
I’ve just installed 13.2 and am not asked for my password at start up. Fixed this once before when using 13.1 but cannot remember how. can anyone advise?
13.1 you need to manually configure it but i cant find the link now but 13.2 has an option for that using
yast2 bootloader
Using KDE?
Find Configure Desktop in your menu, bottom group in there System Administration, choose Login Screen, choose the Convenience tab, clear the checkbox for Enable Auto-Login.
Also in there, I like to choose None under Preselect User.
I also clear Automatically log in again after X server crash (at bottom left).
Hit Apply button, you will be asked to authenticate with root password.
I’d suggest YaST->Security and Users->User and Group Management->Expert Options->Login Settings:
http://wstaw.org/m/2014/11/06/usermanagement.png
IIANM, this overrides KDE’s settings and is on by default (on a fresh installation).
Or create an additional user and Auto-Login should be turned off automatically… 
Yes, these methods also will work, although I still prefer to do it the way I outlined.
But as I said, I don’t think KDE’s auto-login settings have any effect when Auto-login is enabled in YaST.
YaST saves it in /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager, and this is merged with kdmrc on startup.
And if it is enabled in YaST, it is not even shown as enabled in KDE’s Configure Desktop/Systemsettings, so it won’t be possible to disable it there. (I just tried it… 
The other options you mention are a different story of course. They are KDM specific.
I guess we both made a mistake here. Since startup and log-in are two different things
Of course i did not gave attention in “my password” too 
Hi Guys,thanks for all the help.Problem solved. ty muchly. Sadly I now have a more serious problem ,that is I cannot configure Phonon as every time I try in Amorok within a minute of opening Amoros >settings my computer freezes and I have to do a manual power off. Oh Dear ,maybe I’ll have to do without sound.
Generally you configure phonon in KDE-configure desktop not in Amarok
Try to use “Configure Desktop”->Hardware->Multimedia to configure Phonon, or right-click on the volume control icon (kmix) in the system tray and choose “Audio Configuration”.
But if your computer freezes when you run Amarok, you really have some deeper problem.
I doubt that it’s sound related though. More likely the graphics driver.
But you’d better start a new thread about this I’d suppose.
Important information would be the graphics card/chip model and which driver you use.
Re: Configuring Auto Login
Although all the above will work in specific scenarios,
There is an <easy> universal way to configure…
Use the YAST applet “/etc/sysconfig editor”
- Open the YAST /etc/sysconfig editor"
- Click the Search button, enter “login”
- Select and open DISPLAYMANAGER/AUTOLOGIN
- Modify setting and save.
Simple, and works for <all> Desktops (or no Desktop).
Does not require remembering how to wander through the Desktop Settings.
TSU
That’s exactly what YaST->User and Group Management does, it changes exactly this setting.