4. Operating
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X Display manager
The X display manager
xdm
is a system process which manages a user session from the login to the logout. The
xdm
provides a flexible and configurable method for logging in with an X server. The
xdm
can be configured
such that X.11 clients are started automatically. The X server is reset for the next login following each user log-
out.
X display manager of TransForm A
The X display manager comes pre-installed with the system on T
RANS
F
ORM
A. Depending on the actual configura-
tion the
xdm
is started automatically and opens a chooser box offering all possible
xdm
hosts accessible by
T
RANS
F
ORM
A.
On T
RANS
F
ORM
A there are manual pages about the
xdm
available. For reading these man pages enter
man xdm
in the command line:
eos:/root #
man xdm
X display manager of host computers
The X display manager for the host computers of T
RANS
F
ORM
A is not included in the delivery of T
RANS
F
ORM
A.
Further documentation
The X display manager is documented in:
•
X Window System Administrators Guide – Volume 8
O’Reilly & Associates, Inc.
This document specifically describes all configuration possibilities for the X display manager using corresponding
files.
