RPi Debian Auto Login

This guide will show you how to login to a Debian image and start LXDE by simply powering the Pi on.

Auto Login:
In Terminal: sudo nano /etc/inittab Scroll down to: 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 115200 tty1 and change to #1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 115200 tty1

Under that line add: 1:2345:respawn:/bin/login -f pi tty1 /dev/tty1 2>&1 Ctrl+X to exit, Y to save followed by enter twice

Auto StartX (Run LXDE)
In Terminal:

sudo nano /etc/rc.local

Scroll to the bottom and add the following above exit 0:

su -l pi -c startx

(where  is the username you want to run X as). Press  to exit,   to save followed by   twice.

(Note: The previous method indicated that you should add  to  .  The updated method is better, since it will cause   to run only when necessary, and it will not launch the X server as root.)