<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >XDM and X Terminal mini-HOWTO</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.76b+ "><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="intro.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="ARTICLE" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="TITLE" ><A NAME="AEN2">XDM and X Terminal mini-HOWTO</H1 ><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN4" >Kevin Taylor</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="AFFILIATION" ><DIV CLASS="ADDRESS" ><P CLASS="ADDRESS" > kevin@northants.lug.org.uk<br> </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="REVHISTORY" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" ><B >Revision History</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v1.00</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2002-05-16</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: KT</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Minor updates to all sections. Added details of Windows/Linux interoperability. Added section on starting XDM. Added details of KDM and GDM. Added new software resources.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v0.05</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >14 November 2000</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: KT</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Added cross-references to other Howtos</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v0.04</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >6 November 2000</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: KT</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Updates after first public draft.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v0.03</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >3 July 2000</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: KT</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Minor updates from first comments</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v0.02</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >28 June 2000</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: KT</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >First SGML source draft from HTML source</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v0.01</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >27 June 2000</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: KT</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >First HTML source draft</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="ABSTRACT" ><A NAME="AEN41"><P ></P ><P > This document describes the basic ideas for using XDM to manage X terminals. It is not meant to be a comprehensive discussion of all the features of XDM, but a gentle introduction to what XDM can do. </P ><P > For a full discussion about the installation and configuration of X terminals, please refer to the 'Thin-client' HOWTO, from the Linux Documentation Project or the Linux Terminal Server Project (see <A HREF="resources.html" >Section 7</A >). </P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="intro.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="intro.html#COPYRIGHT" >Copyright Information</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A HREF="intro.html#DISCLAIMER" >Disclaimer</A ></DT ><DT >1.3. <A HREF="intro.html#NEWVERSIONS" >New Versions</A ></DT ><DT >1.4. <A HREF="intro.html#CREDITS" >Credits</A ></DT ><DT >1.5. <A HREF="intro.html#FEEDBACK" >Feedback</A ></DT ><DT >1.6. <A HREF="intro.html#TODO" >To do</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="basics.html" >Basic Concepts</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >2.1. <A HREF="basics.html#COVERAGE" >What is covered</A ></DT ><DT >2.2. <A HREF="basics.html#ABOUT" >About this document</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >3. <A HREF="xdm.html" >XDM</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >3.1. <A HREF="xdm.html#XDM-WHAT" >What is XDM</A ></DT ><DT >3.2. <A HREF="xdm.html#XDM-XTERM" >What is an X terminal</A ></DT ><DT >3.3. <A HREF="xdm.html#XDM-TERMS" >Some Terminology</A ></DT ><DT >3.4. <A HREF="xdm.html#XDM-DO" >What can XDM do</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >4. <A HREF="config.html" >Configuring XDM</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >4.1. <A HREF="config.html#CONFIG-FILES" >Configuration Files</A ></DT ><DT >4.2. <A HREF="config.html#XDM-XSERV" >Configuring XDM to Manage X Servers</A ></DT ><DT >4.3. <A HREF="config.html#XDM-QUERIES" >Configuring XDM to Receive Queries</A ></DT ><DT >4.4. <A HREF="config.html#XDM-STARTX" >Starting X</A ></DT ><DT >4.5. <A HREF="config.html#XDM-STARTUP" >Starting XDM</A ></DT ><DT >4.6. <A HREF="config.html#XDM-CHOOSER" >The Chooser Application</A ></DT ><DT >4.7. <A HREF="config.html#XDM-ALTERNATIVES" >Alternatives to XDM</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >5. <A HREF="xdm-advconfig.html" >Advanced Configuration Options</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >5.1. <A HREF="xdm-advconfig.html#ADV-CONFIGSETS" >Configuration Sets</A ></DT ><DT >5.2. <A HREF="xdm-advconfig.html#X-RESOURCES" >X Resources</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >6. <A HREF="common-configs.html" >Common Configurations</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >6.1. <A HREF="common-configs.html#CFGS-LINUX" >Linux to Linux</A ></DT ><DT >6.2. <A HREF="common-configs.html#CFGS-TOOTHER" >Linux to Other Systems</A ></DT ><DT >6.3. <A HREF="common-configs.html#CFGS-TOLINUX" >Other Systems to Linux</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >7. <A HREF="resources.html" >Resources</A ></DT ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="intro.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Introduction</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >