Remove auto login text at boot

herb_fargus

@mancity see also: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/FAQ#how-do-i-hide-the-boot-text

mancity

Followed all these guides and it still shows the auto login text :(

Floob

When you say 15 lines of text, do you mean the contents of /etc/motd ?

mancity

I dont think so, thats a message you can edit isnt it?

I cant get it to take a screenshot at the moment, but its like the text for the auto-login script I think as it says automatic login and a few lines afterwards, just before it shows the Emulation Station slpash screen if you know what I mean?

EDIT - I have an image but cant see how to add a picture to this thread

Anyway it says -

raspberry: login pi (automatic login)
the process finished with the debian/ linux etc etc

Debian/ Linux comes with absolutely NO WARRANTY TO THE EXTENT etc etc etc

Do I maybe need to remove automatic login from somewhere and if so where? I know this text can be removed because ive watched YouTube videos of Retropie boot-ups and they dont display this text.

Any help would be greatly appreciated :)

mancity

Removed all text from the 'motd' file and that has cleared half of the text, but the automatic login text and a few additional lines about when the last login still appear :(

Anyone?

mancity

So the text says -

Raspbian GNU /Linux 8 retropie tty1

any ideas?

Riverstorm

I was just curious what version of Raspberry Pi & RetroPie you're using? I was just messing around and followed the steps Herb posted above. I see a black screen on boot, then the Pi cupcake logo, back to a black screen and finally ES. Man if anything is flashing between those screens on mine it's doing it awfully fast! :)

Floob

@mancity What happens if you remove the console=tty1 from /boot/cmdline.txt (or change to console=tty2)

mancity

@Floob I have it set to console=tty3 as per the guide. What's the difference between 1, 2 & 3?

Also console=tty is in cmdline.txt twice but at the beginning it doesn't have a number at the end?

I'm using a Pi B+ with latest retropie image

Riverstorm

I have the same thing console=tty twice. Here's my /boot/cmdline.txt file:

dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=ttyAMA0,115200 console=tty3 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline fsck.repair=yes rootwait quiet loglevel=3 consoleblank=0 quiet loglevel=3 logo.nologo

Here's my original /boot/cmdline.txt file:

dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=ttyAMA0,115200 console=tty1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline fsck.repair=yes rootwait quiet loglevel=3 consoleblank=0

EDIT: Still my screen is clean from anything I can see on bootup. I'm running a RetroPie 3.7 on a Pi 3 with the updated script but not binaries.

mancity

@Riverstorm my only difference I think is the order of some of the comments. I might try your order tonight. Mine has console=tty3 toward the end.

Deleting both entries of console=tty makes no difference

Interestingly, I removed 'quiet' and it's stopped showing the login text 9 out of 10 times, leaving just a flashing '_' for a 2 seconds, before moving onto the Emulation Station splash screen, so now I'm really, REALLY confused haha.

On a plus note I'm learning quite abit :)

Floob

The tty is basically a text output location, by default the screen is tty1, so by changing it to tty2 for example is sending the text output to somewhere you cant see - unless you decide to switch to it. So dont remove console=tty1 just change it.

Riverstorm

When I removed console=tty1 everything was still clean for me but when I removed console=ttyAMA0,115200 I had about a half dozen lines right before the RetroPie logo screen but nowhere else. I was doing it more for comparison than anything else as it does work well on the Pi 3 vs. Mancity is using a B+ I think. I am not sure if that's the main difference because my boot is clean as a whistle.

mancity

So, just literally bought a Pi3 (B+). Put a new install of RetroPie on and added the lines "console=tty3 quiet logo.nologo" to cmdline.exe and STILL see the automatic login!

So there's no way im the only one?

ProxyCell

@mancity said in Remove auto login text at boot:

So, just literally bought a Pi3 (B+). Put a new install of RetroPie on and added the lines "console=tty3 quiet logo.nologo" to cmdline.exe and STILL see the automatic login!

So there's no way im the only one?

did you add those as new lines? I believe that file should only be 1 line in total and the "console=tty3" part should not be "added", rather you should change the existing setting

mancity

@ProxyCell
Yeah exactly that. I changed console=tty1 to 3 and then added quiet and logo.nologo directly after and the whole thing is on a single line.

I literally dont understand what I'm doing wrong I though oh maybe it's because I'm using a Pi B+ but obviously not. It's a complete fresh retropie image too which I have just downloaded and the only single change I made because I was testing was to cmdline.txt

I'm baffled what I'm doing wrong :(

mancity

Also does everyone manually remove the motd test or does that not show for them as well?

mancity

So... I moved the Pi 3 downstairs last night to use in the front room, and since then, the automatic login hasn't appeared. The ONLY difference is there now isn't a keyboard attached.

Surely that not it?

PS - On the Pi B+, still happens.

Riverstorm

How long does the output "linger"? Is it seconds or just a flash? I don't have any more thoughts as for me it was literally a few seconds to tweak and it worked perfectly according to the Wiki. Maybe you could paste the contents of your cmdline.txt exactly as it appears.

It may sound overly simplified but it seems you must be doing something different as no one else has come forward with the same issue. Is it possible you're doing some step that you're certain wouldn't be the issue is possibly the culprit. I've done that a few times and had a eureka moment. You might have to scrutinize every change you're making. The answer has to be there.

mancity

Well when it shows, it lingers for about 2 seconds, but using my Pi 3, I think the issue is solved .