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- GDM - GNOME DISPLAY MANAGER
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- Note: For instructions how to install read README.install |
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- | For documentation see the website:
- | http://www.gnome.org/projects/gdm/
- | Or use the GNOME help browser under GNOME|System.
- | The XML documentation is in docs/ and is in DocBook/XML
- | format so you can use docbook2html or docbook2pdf to
- | convert it.
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-
- The Gnome Display Manager (GDM) is a display manager that
- implements all significant features required for managing
- local and remote displays. For full information about
- GDM features, refer to the documentation.
-
- GDM daemon:
-
- o X Authentication
- o XDMCP (Remote Login) including TCP Wrappers for access
- control and improved security.
- o Machine-specific and system-wide configuration support.
- o Default and per-display initialization scripts.
- o PreSession, PostSession, Init, and PostLogin scripts.
- o Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)
- o IPv6 support (optional, use --enable-ipv6=yes to enable)
- o Autologin for single user workstations (off by default)
- o Timed login for kiosks and public terminals (off by
- default)
- o On-demand local servers (gdmflexiserver)
- o SunRay (SRSS) support via gdmdynamic.
- o Can manage X servers without a login window (Such as
- for XDMCP terminal client machines)
- o Many other features ...
-
- gdmlogin and gdmgreeter:
-
- o Can launch the XDMCP chooser program (Remote Login)
- o Can launch the Setup program (off by default)
- o Can halt, reboot, or suspend the machine (off by
- default)
- o Session selection support
- o Language selection support
-
- gdmlogin:
-
- o Logo image
- o Background image/color
- o Face browser
- o Background program support
- o Xinerama support
-
- gdmgreeter:
-
- o Themable with many themes at http://art.gnome.org/
- o Xinerama support
- o Face browser (if supported by the theme)
-
- gdmchooser:
-
- o XDMCP
- o Visual host browser
- o Type in extra host names
- o Customizable icons
-
- gdmsetup:
-
- o GUI to edit the GDM configuration. Refer to the documentation
- for more information about how to configure GDM.
-
- Availability:
-
- ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/
-
- Reporting Bugs:
-
- Please submit bug reports, enhancement requests, and patches to
- the "gdm" category at:
-
- http://bugzilla.gnome.org/
-
- When reporting bugs you should first turn on debugging on the
- "Security" tab of gdmsetup or editing custom.conf as described in
- the documentation. This causes debug messages to be sent to the
- system log (/var/log/messages or /var/adm/messages) and include
- the GDM output sent to syslog.
-
- You should not have to configure syslog for this to work, but if
- you do not see GDM messages in your syslog it may require
- configuration.
-
- You should not leave "debug" on after collecting data. It will
- clutter your syslog and slow system performance.
-
- Installation:
-
- Please consult README.install for instructions on how to
- configure and install GDM.
-
- Contact:
-
- The GDM mail list is gdm-list@gnome.org. Archives can be found here:
-
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/
-
- Martin, George, and then Brian
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- Note:
-
- Originally I started maintaining gdm2 because Martin didn't yet finish gdm3 and
- was in general busy and we needed a working GDM for 1.4. The move to gdm3 is
- very unlikely to happen now that gdm3 has been pretty dead for quite
- a while.
-
- -George <jirka@5z.com>
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- Note:
-
- Starting January, 2005 I have been acting as maintainer.
-
- -Brian Cameron <Brian.Cameron@Sun.Com>
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