Trying to enable autologin

I struggled to like Debian but could not get past all the issues like your having so I asked enough people and came up with a LinuxMint Mate with LinxuCNC.

The setup script:
gnipsel.com/files/linuxmint/setup.sh

The step by step instructions:
gnipsel.com/files/linuxmint/mint-emc.txt

I now like LinuxMint with the Mate desktop.

JT