How To Create A XBMC Login Session

Here is a guide that will show you how to create a login account for XBMC. It will allow you to select XBMC when you login and after entering your password XBMC will started automatically.

sudo gedit /usr/share/xsessions/xbmc.desktop

When the text file is opened copy+paste the following lines:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=XBMC
Comment=
Exec=/usr/bin/xbmc-session
Icon=
Type=Application

When the text is added save and close the xbmc.desktop file and now you need to create the file for the XBMC session. In your terminal window copy+paste the following line:

sudo gedit /usr/bin/xbmc-session

Now copy+paste the following lines:

#!/bin/bash

# add some initialization stuff here (if necessary)
xbmc --standalone

Finally make the session script executable, copy+paste the following line in your terminal window:

sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/xbmc-session

Now logout and select XBMC from your login manager’s session list.