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Mythbuntu 12.04 frontend build

1. to get autologin just add the following two lines to the /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
autologin-user=
autologin-user-timeout=0

2. to allow shutdown or reboot http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8690700

nano /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.consolekit.policy

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?>
<!DOCTYPE policyconfig PUBLIC
“-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Policy Configuration 1.0//EN”
“http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/PolicyKit/1.0/policyconfig.dtd”><policyconfig><action id=”org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.stop”>
<description>Stop the system</description>
<message>System policy prevents stopping the system</message>
<defaults>
<allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
<allow_active>yes</allow_active>
</defaults>
</action>

<action id=”org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.stop-multiple-users”>
<description>Stop the system when multiple users are logged in</description>
<message>System policy prevents stopping the system when other users are logged in</message>
<defaults>
<allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
<!–<allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active>–>
<allow_active>yes</allow_active>

</defaults>
</action>

<action id=”org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.restart”>
<description>Restart the system</description>
<message>System policy prevents restarting the system</message>
<defaults>
<allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
<allow_active>yes</allow_active>
</defaults>
</action>

<action id=”org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.restart-multiple-users”>
<description>Restart the system when multiple users are logged in</description>
<message>System policy prevents restarting the system when other users are logged in</message>
<defaults>
<allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
<!–<allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active>–>
<allow_active>yes</allow_active>

</defaults>
</action>

</policyconfig>

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