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If anyone's interested, here's the procedure I used to create a fully working LXDE box with autologin! My error should be readily apparent in the first couple of lines. :p --Create New VirtualBox for 32-bit Ubuntu --Install Ubuntu Server 12.04.2 32-bit (Do not use any encryption) --Attach VBoxGuestA...

Problem solved. I'll write up a bit more about it later. But I just wanted to let the forum know that I've figured out the issue and no one has to spin their wheels on it anymore. Thank you!

UPDATE: I might have figured out the problem. I'm reinstalling the OS from scratch to test my theory. I figured out how to auto-login to the command line. When I did that I was able to see the error message. When the OS immediately loaded up LXDE I never saw that message. And it may be the key to ev...

At this point I have pretty much come to the conclusion that there are only two possibilities: (1) There is a bug in the autologin feature on the most recent distribution of lxdm with LXDE (2) All currently available documentation on the most recent distribution of lxdm with LXDE is either simply in...

Alright, it looks like I may be on the right track here. Here are the two steps I think have been missing: (1) Delete the password that is currently set with: passwd -d USERNAME (2) Edit the PAM file to allow for passwordless authentication. I'll have to work on step 2 tomorrow. This is not somethin...

I think I've started uncovering the source of confusion (at least mine anyway.) I've learned that when people refer to LXDE, they may be referring to Lubuntu, lightdm, LXDM, or several other possible setups. They are actually all different, though they are all based on LXDE. I've been working with t...

If necessary I can recreate the box from scratch to ensure that I'm working in a completely clean and standardized environment. In other words what I would do is (1) Install Ubuntu Server 12.04.2 32-bit (2) apt-get install lxde (3) take snapshot of box so that any failed attempts can be reverted to ...

Unfortunately, creating the lightdm.conf file in /etc/lightdm/ does not have any effect. On the other hand it does not cause any errors. I'm attaching a screenshot to show the contents of the file that I created (note that the machine name is Ustinov, the user name is ustinov, ie ustinov@Ustinov.): ...

Thank you much for that link, it looks like it will be an excellent resource in general! Here's the procedure from that link: "To activate autologin, open (as root) /etc/lxdm/default.conf, /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf, /etc/xdg/lxdm/lxdm.conf and edit # autologin= to autologin=user-name. Reboot." I...

Hello, I am setting up an Oracle VirtualBox with Ubuntu Server 12.04 using LXDE. The virtualbox is on a password-protected host and does not need its own password-protected login. What is the procedure for enabling autologin with this setup? All of the procedures that I have found (and I've found qu...