[BUG]: Pi Zero W Bullseye Lite img, autologin not enabled

[xrvk]

What happened?

Hi there,

Not sure if this is intended, but when flashing a new image of a Pi Zero W Bullseye OS Lite, it seems that the autologin is not configured..

I feel it should have autologin enabled by default, especially for the Pi Zero W since I would think most if not all folks wish to run it headless due to lack of ports. Having to plug it into a monitor to manually login locally is quite a hurdle, instead of being able to ssh in right after booting for the first time.

Version

1.8.5 (Default)

What host operating system were you using?

Windows

Host OS Version

Windows 11

Selected OS

Raspberry Pi Bulleye Lite

Which Raspberry Pi Device are you using?

Raspberry Pi Zero, Zero W, Zero WH

What kind of storage device are you using?

microSD Card in an internal reader

OS Customisation

• Yes, I was using OS Customisation when the bug occurred.

Relevant log output

No response

[tdewey-rpi]

Thanks for the report, @xrvk

Unfortunately what you're asking for isn't clear. I've never seen a lite image autologin - I've only ever seen them boot to a login prompt (which is pretty fair, given their typical use cases).

Your report included a line that suggested you thought Imager, rather than the OS was at fault:

Having to plug it into a monitor to manually login locally is quite a hurdle, instead of being able to ssh in right after booting for the first time.

Did you fail to connect over SSH after setting up SSH in Imager?

[lurch]

@xrvk Just to clarify: autologin isn't required in order to be able to login remotely over SSH.

[xrvk]

Oh interesting, sorry for the misunderstanding.

Not sure what happened then... The pi zero w would not connect to wifi after a fresh image install until I manually logged in for the first time and enabled autologin soon after.

Anyways, if this was just a bug on my end or intended, the feel free to close. I just thought it was odd that I had to manually login on the pi zero w but I never had to do this on the previous Pi 4's I've set up with ssh enabled.

[tdewey-rpi]

Thanks for the reply, @xrvk.

By sounds of it, this might be an issue with the Bullseye Lite image. Do you see the same behaviour on the Bookworm Lite image?

[xrvk]

I didn't try bookworm since Pihole documentation stated bookworm wasnt supported yet. I'd test it out but I dont have a spare SD card on hand at the moment to test.