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I have a media server system setup to automatically login with GDM, using a fairly standard setup in /etc/X11/gdm/custom.conf:

[daemon]
AutomaticLoginEnable=true
AutomaticLogin=guest

However, this doesn't work after I zap the X server with Ctrl+Alt+Backspace; I have to completely shut down and restart GDM and X using the init system in order to get another automatic login. Is there a way to get an automatic login from GDM (or another login manager) at every startup, not just a cold launch?

I'm running Gentoo Linux, kernel 2.6.30-r5, GDM 2.20.10, and Xorg server 1.6.3.901.

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I can't answer since I don't use GDM, but if you are looking for automatic X logins maybe nodm may work for you: enricozini.org/sw/nodm – adc yesterday
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