lk/distros/arch/autologin.md

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autologin	distros arch

Automatic Login

Edit /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d/override.conf by typing:

sudo systemctl edit getty@tty1

The put in the following, changing [ USER ] to your username.

[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=-/usr/bin/agetty --autologin [ USER ] -s %I 115200,38400,9600 vt102

Automatically Start X

In .bashrc.

 if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ] && [ "$(fgconsole)" -eq 1 ]; then
 exec startx
 fi

Faillock reset

After failing 3 times to enter the password, archlinux would ussualy lock entering the password for 10 minutes, not all apps and guis display this message, so sometimes it can be a bit confusing. To reset this lockdown, you can login as root and restart it manually with command

failock --reset