XDM (display manager)

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This article is about the X Display Manager. XDM also refers to the XML data model used in XPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0, and XQuery.
Not to be confused with X display manager.
XDM
Original authorKeith Packard
DeveloperX.Org Foundation
Initial releaseOctober 1988; 37 years ago (1988-10)
Repository
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Written inC, C++
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    TypeX display manager
    LicenseMIT License

    The X Display Manager (XDM) is the default display manager for the X Window System. It is a bare-bones X display manager. It was introduced with X11 Release 3 in October 1988, to support the standalone X terminals that were just coming onto the market. It was written by Keith Packard.

    Functions

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    XDM is used to boot an X.org based desktop environment.[1] It can control a display directly or indirectly in order to start an X session and supports remote login.[2] XDM is initialized on system startup.[3]

    It can be edited through the use of a configuration file, modules, or scripts.[4][5] The configuration file is usually found in /usr/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config.[6]

    History

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    XDM is one of the earliest display managers for Linux.[3] It was developed by Keith Packard after he joined the X Consortium due to his frustration using a text-based environment to try and configure X.[7]

    XDM is available but unused on most systems because of its rudimentary nature.[8] Desktop environments released afterwards tended to include their own display manager, such as dtlogin on CDE.[2]

    See also

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    References

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    Further reading

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