autologin with startx Jan 6, 2010 • paragasu edit /etc/inittab comment out the line #1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1 add the line 1:2345:respawn:/bin/login -f YOUR_USER_NAME tty1 /dev/tty1 2>&1 edit the .bash_profile and add startx autologin in debian