[CentOS] X11 on 5.3 not ALWAYS autologin

[Bill Campbell]

On Fri, May 29, 2009, Jerry Geis wrote:
>I think what is happening is UNKOWN keys are continuously getting
>spit out. So error keycodes perhaps stops the autologin process.
>
>I get many errors about unknown key pressed released for
>e03e, e03f, e014.
>
>This is a new HP HDX18 laptop. Thought it was a regular looking
>keyboard layout.
>
>Anyone ran into this?

Probably not as autologin is an extremely Bad Idea(tm),
particularly for laptops as it allows anybody who can turn the
power on access to the machine.

Bill
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