GNOME Display Manager
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 GDM in Ubuntu (Linux) |
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| Developer(s) | GNOME Team |
| Stable release | 2.28.1 / October 20, 2009 |
| Preview release | 2.27.90 / August 24, 2009 |
| Operating system | Unix-like (includes: BSD, Linux, Solaris) |
| Type | X display manager |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | www.gnome.org/projects/gdm |
GDM (the GNOME Display Manager) provides a simpler alternative display manager for the X Window System's XDM.
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 customization with themes.
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[edit] Hidden features
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".[1]
- 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 backward compatibility with a typo in the original),[2] then log in normally - a dialog box appears after entering the password.
[edit] Queen of England
Some of the copyright notices of GDM refer to the "Queen of England", who is also named as a maintainer in release announcements since version 2.2.1.[3] It was only later that the developers realised that there has been no "Queen of England" since the Acts of Union of 1707.[4]
[edit] See also
- KDM, the KDE display manager
- SLiM, the desktop-independent graphical login manager
- TCP Wrapper
- XDM, the X Window Display Manager
[edit] References
- ^ "gdm - guilogin.c". http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gdm/tree/gui/gdmlogin.c?h=gnome-2-20#n806. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
- ^ "GDM commit ee8de912". 5 March 2001. http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gdm/commit/?h=gnome-2-20&id=ee8de912c84d9df4180965fe49108051f563ce11. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
- ^ "ANNOUNCE: GDM 2.2.1, the "Just because you're not paranoid doesn't mean they're not after you" release". 4 May 2001. http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2001-May/msg00008.html.
- ^ "ANNOUNCE: GDM 2.5.90.2 (unstable), the "Nose poking" release". 4 Mar 2004. http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gdm-list/2004-March/msg00002.html.
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