NAME¶
kdm - KDE Display Manager
SYNOPSIS¶
kdm [options] [tty]
DESCRIPTION¶
kdm is the KDE display manager also known as login manager. It shows a
graphical login screen for username and password. After authenticating the
user it starts a session.
kdm can be configured for remote login via XDMCP. XDMCP is the "X
Display Manager Control Protocol" which is used to set up connections
between remote systems over the network.
kdm is a derivative of
xdm.
man 1 xdm may provide useful
information (requires installed
xdm). For X-related problems try
man
7x X and
man 1 startx.
OPTIONS¶
- -daemon
- Daemonize even when started by init
- -nodaemon
- Don't daemonize even when started from command line
- -config file
- Use alternative master configuration file
- -xrm res
- Override frontend-specific resource
- -error file
- Use alternative log file
- -debug num
- Debug option bitfield:
0x1 - core log
0x2 - config reader log
0x4 - greeter log
0x8 - IPC log
0x10 - session sub-daemon post-fork delay
0x20 - config reader post-start delay
0x40 - greeter post-start delay
0x80 - don't use syslog
0x100 - core Xauth log
0x400 - valgrind config reader and greeter
0x800 - strace config reader and greeter
FILES¶
- /etc/kde4/kdm/backgroundrc
- configuration file with background settings
- /etc/kde4/kdm/kdm.options
- options for X display manager kdm
- /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc
- the kdm configuration file
- /etc/kde4/kdm/Xaccess
- access control file for XDMCP connections
- /etc/kde4/kdm/Xreset
- script to run as root after session exits
- /etc/kde4/kdm/Xsession
- script to run as user after login of user
- /etc/kde4/kdm/Xsetup
- script to run as root before the login dialog appears
this script can be edited to disable or modify the running of
xconsole on the kdm greeter screen
- /etc/kde4/kdm/Xstartup
- script to run as root before session starts
- /etc/kde4/kdm/Xwilling
- output of this script is displayed in the chooser
window
SEE ALSO¶
kdm.options(5),
kdmctl(1),
kdm_config(1),
kdm_greet(1),
startx(1),
X(7x),
xconsole(1),
xdm(1)
- /usr/share/doc/kdm/README.gz
- Information about kdm and its options
Full user documentation is available through the KDE Help Center. You can also
enter the URL
help:/kdm/ directly into konqueror or you can run
khelpcenter help:/kdm/ from the command-line.
AUTHORS¶
Steffen Hansen <hansen@kde.org>
Thomas Tanghus <tanghus@earthling.net>
Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi@kde.org>
Please use
http://bugs.kde.org to report bugs; do not mail the authors directly.
This manual page was written by Holger Hartmann <Holger_Hartmann@gmx.de>
for the Debian Project, but may be used by others. Permission is granted to
copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU
General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free
Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be
found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
