Auto boot

[TinMan1325]

Does anyone know how to make Steam automatically sign in when I turn my computer on? I'm using Linux Mint

[Kiba Snowpaw]

https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/2l1xcp/how_could_i_boot_directly_into_steam_big_picture/

[TinMan1325]

Originally posted by Kiba Snowpaw:

https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/2l1xcp/how_could_i_boot_directly_into_steam_big_picture/

Sorry, I must have worded my post poorly

I'm not looking to go into BPM. All I want is for Steam to open up automatically when I turn on my computer so I don't have to do it. It did it on Windows, it would open up and log me in automatically in the background, but it isn't doing it on Linux Mint

[Kepos]

You simple check-box auto-login on computer start in your Steam settings.
On your first log-in request you check-box 'remember me' and that's it.
I'm on ArcoLinux/Manjaro/Solus OS and using it without any issue.

[Kiba Snowpaw]

read the comments you could properly do sonthing like this

have my steambox setup much like the official steamos distro, with steamos-compositor from aur, this install a session and lightdm setup to autologin and start the steam session.

in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf:

[SeatDefaults]
autologin-user=steam
autologin-user-timeout=0

[class101 [OLED deck]]

You should be able to do that if you paste the steam.desktop icon in /etc/xdg/autostart for all users or in your home folder /home/$USER/.config/autostart if only for you

[TinMan1325]

Originally posted by Kepos:

You simple check-box auto-login on computer start in your Steam settings.
On your first log-in request you check-box 'remember me' and that's it.
I'm on ArcoLinux/Manjaro/Solus OS and using it without any issue.

Yeah I worded my first post incorrectly. When I open Steam it will automatically log me in, that part is fine. What I would also like Steam to do is open up automatically what I turn my computer on, rather than having to open it my self

[Zyro]

The desktop environment of your choice could do that for you.

[TinMan1325]

Originally posted by Zyro:

The desktop environment of your choice could do that for you.

Yeah that's what I thought. I'm not sure why I can't figure it out though

[Zyro]

Which desktop environment are you using? I could tell you for KDE, others will do it differently, some probably don't have an explicit option but rely on you adding something to a startup script.

[TinMan1325]

Cinnamon

[Kiba Snowpaw]

i dont know anything about cinnamon but like this https://winaero.com/manage-startup-apps-linux-mint/

[class101 [OLED deck]]

In cinnamon it's in Settings > Startup Applications

But it comes back exactly to doing what I said in #5, the GUI graphical tool is just a helper, the method remains the same for all desktop that follows the specifications.

Cinnamon will create your startup app in /home/$USER/.config/autostart in a desktop file, so it is the same as copying the steam desktop file at the correct location

[TinMan1325]

Originally posted by class101 linux:

In cinnamon it's in Settings > Startup Applications

But it comes back exactly to doing what I said in #5, the GUI graphical tool is just a helper, the method remains the same for all desktop that follows the specifications.

Cinnamon will create your startup app in /home/$USER/.config/autostart in a desktop file, so it is the same as copying the steam desktop file at the correct location

Deadly, this worked. Thanks
Thanks everyone

[Enigmatic]

Well. Just make a login script. Don't bother with init tho. You can do it depending on your WM or DE. with Openbox you just have to add steam to autostart list in /etc/xdg/openbox/autostart.
Just write your steam launch commands.