GNOME Display Manager
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| GNOME Display Manager | |
 GDM's setup window |
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| Developer: | GNOME Team |
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| Latest release: | 2.16.3 / 22 November 2006 |
| Preview release: | 2.17.3 / 4 December 2006 |
| OS: | Linux, Solaris, BSD, other Unix-like |
| Use: | X display manager |
| License: | GPL |
| Website: | gnome.org/projects/gdm |
GDM (the GNOME Display Manager) provides an alternate display manager for the X Window System.
The X Window System by default uses the XDM display manager. However, resolving XDM configuration issues typically involves editing a configuration file. GDM allows users to customize or troubleshoot settings without having to resort to a command line. Users can pick their session type on a per-login basis. GDM also features easy customisation with themes.
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[edit] Trivia
[edit] Queen of England
Some of the copyright notices of GDM reference the "Queen of England", who is also named as a maintainer in release announcements since version 2.2.1.[1] It was only later that the developers realised that there has been no "Queen of England" since the Acts of Union of 1707.[2]
[edit] Easter Eggs
GDM has a few easter eggs, in the form of strings to be entered in the username box. These can be found in the source file "gui/guilogin.c", in a function named "evil".[3]
- Dancing login - type "Start Dancing" to start, and "Stop Dancing" to stop. (This requires the standard greeter, rather than the graphical one).
- "Gimme Random Cursor" - can be used repeatedly.
- "Require Quarter" (or "Require Quater", for backwards compatibility with a typo in the original),[4] then log in normally - a dialog box appears after entering the password.
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ ANNOUNCE: GDM 2.2.1, the "Just because you're not paranoid doesn't mean they're not after you" release (4 May 2001).
- ^ ANNOUNCE: GDM 2.5.90.2 (unstable), the "Nose poking" release (4 Mar 2004).
- ^ View of /trunk/gui/gdmlogin.c, latest revision. Retrieved on 2007-02-04.
- ^ Diff of /trunk/gui/gdmlogin.c, revision 304 (5 Mar 2001). | accessdate=2007-02-04
[edit] See also
- KDM, the KDE display manager
- SLiM, the desktop-independent graphical login manager
- TCP Wrappers
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