Just installed 12.3 and so far I am a happy convert from Mint! I just need to know how to get my new system to make me log when I boot up, as everything starts up automatically and goes to my desktop. I know it is probably an easy fix, but I can’t seem to find it.
Thanks-
And you are using Gnome/KDE?
It is probably easy once the desktop(KDE,GNOME,XFCE,E17,) you use is known
or you can try this. I don’t know whether this will work
This can be changed in YAST but I don’t use the screen that vazhavandan showed. I use “User and Group Management” in the “Security and Users” section. If you click “Expert Options” in the bottom right of the “Users” screen (the first tab that opens) and select “Login Settings” you can enable, disable and change the Auto Login settings there. Don’t know if this setting is Desktop Environment dependent but it’s there in my KDE.
And I wouldn’t say you are “Mint convert” but that you choose to expand you view of the Linux ecosystem… 
The old-fashioned way:
Edit /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager
Search for “DISPLAYMANAGER_AUTOLOGIN”. add your username as the value for that key.
Leave blank to force you to log in manually? I think that is what the OP is asking. How to NOT login automatically.
On 03/31/2013 05:36 AM, tropicalretriever wrote:
> I know it is probably an easy fix
the manually edit the config file way as root is to look in
the file
/etc/sysconfig/displaymanager
to find the line like the first one below (or maybe it looks like the
second one, with a # leading), and edit it so that your UserID is
where nothing was before, between the quote marks, and save the file:
note: edit carefully, mistakes as root could be rude–read my sig
caveat before proceeding!
DISPLAYMANAGER_AUTOLOGIN=""
#DISPLAYMANAGER_AUTOLOGIN=""
DISPLAYMANAGER_AUTOLOGIN="yourUserID"
by the way: your question is a perfect example of why folks should
(almost) always tell with desktop environment they are using…
Thanks! That solved my problem. Sorry I didn’t let everyone know I’m using KDE. I appreciate your help and responses.
If you ever install again, take note of this part
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/10573557/12.3_install_complete/12.3_install/10.png
Good point. Forgot to mention that bit. The default installer setting is to user auto login for the user created during install. When you add-on users later in YAST the option is offered to disable this.