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You can use gdm to load different ["desktop environment"]s and ["window manager"]s, using the session menu at the login screen: | You can use gdm to load different ["desktop environment"]s and ["window manager"]s, using the session menu at the gdm login screen: |
GDM is the GNOME Display Manager, a graphical login program.
gdm provides the equivalent of a "login:" prompt for X displays- it pops up a login window and starts an X session.
It provides all the functionality of xdm, including XDMCP support for managing remote displays.
The greeting window is written using the GNOME libraries and hence looks like a GNOME application- even to the extent of supporting themes! By default, the greeter is run as an unprivileged user for security.
To stop the gdm service, you can use the command
- #/etc/init.d/gdm stop
This command requires ["root"] privileges. Other possible options for the above command instead of 'stop' are --- 'start', 'restart', 'reload', 'force-reload' etc.,
You can also kill the ["X"].
You can use gdm to load different ["desktop environment"]s and ["window manager"]s, using the session menu at the gdm login screen:
- ["Gnome"]
- ["XFCE"]
- ["Fluxbox"].
And login like a normal or ["root"] user.