[CentOS] X11 on 5.3 not ALWAYS autologin

On Fri, 29 May 2009, Bill Campbell wrote:

> 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.

It may be bad by default, but it is not unreasonable for custom things. 
Like eg. a booth laptop or a media/TV setup.

On my CentOS-based TV system I also do autologin and it works fine there 
all of the time.

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