
To start the desktop if settings are changed to boot to the command line, enter startx at the command prompt to start the desktop again.
INSTALL NAVIT ON RASPBERRY PI RASPBIAN JESSIE PASSWORD
If you do enable the PI to boot up and require login, don't forget that the default user name is pi and the password is raspberry. This can be set by unchecking "Login as user 'pi'" and selecting "To CLI". The default of the older Raspbian editions was to boot the Raspberry PI to the command line and require a user name and password to log in. Selecting To CLI will boot the RPI to the command line interface. Selecting To Desktop will boot the Raspberry PI to the graphical desktop. If Login as user 'pi' is checked, you will not have to enter a user name or password when the operating system boots. Changing the Raspbian Jessie Auto Login Settings To automatically boot to the command line interface (CLI) at power-up, click the To CLI radio button and make sure that Login as user 'pi' is checked as shown in the image below.

The Raspberry PI Configuration dialog box opens with the System tab selected. Login settings can be changed easily from the desktop.įrom the Raspbian desktop, choose Menu → Preferences → Raspberry PI Configuration by using the main menu button at the top left of the screen. Login Automatically to Raspbian JessieĪ new installation of Raspbian Jessie automatically logs in and starts the graphical desktop when the Raspberry PI is powered up.

With the inittab file gone, the auto login settings can now be changed in the Raspberry PI configuration dialog box as explained in this article. Because of changes to the operating system, Raspbian Jessie no longer has an inittab file in /etc/.

In previous versions of Raspbian, the inittab file had to be modified to auto log in.
