<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Configuring display managers</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="XFree Local Multi-User HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Using the Phys descriptor and USB devices" HREF="tweak_input_devs-phys.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Configuring xdm and kdm" HREF="dm_conf-xdm_kdm.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="chapter" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >XFree Local Multi-User HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="tweak_input_devs-phys.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="dm_conf-xdm_kdm.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="chapter" ><H1 ><A NAME="dm_conf" ></A >Chapter 6. Configuring display managers</H1 ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >6.1. <A HREF="dm_conf-xdm_kdm.html" >Configuring xdm and kdm</A ></DT ><DT >6.2. <A HREF="dm_conf-gdm.html" >Configuring gdm</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >6.2.1. <A HREF="dm_conf-gdm.html#AEN1163" >Changes, Part 1</A ></DT ><DT >6.2.2. <A HREF="dm_conf-gdm.html#AEN1167" >Changes, Part 2</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DIV ><P >If you have successfully finished the installation and configuration of the kernel and XFree, it's time to configure your display manager(s).</P ><P >Beside the graphical differences, xdm/kdm and gdm handle the X servers differently. Gdm will start the X servers in the order specified in it's configuration file (and stop them in the reverse order). Xdm/kdm will start and stop all the X servers at the same time(in case there are no opened X sessions). Also, restarting the gdm daemon means end for all X sessions, but if you restart xdm/kdm when you are under X, your session won't be closed.</P ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P >Using gdm could help you to retain the VGA console and prevents lock-ups with some graphic cards (check the compatibility list).</P ></LI ><LI ><P >Using xdm/kdm allows you to switch it's configuration retaining your opened X session(of course the changes shouldn't affect the X server you are using).</P ></LI ></UL ><DIV CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="25" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP" ><IMG SRC="../images/note.gif" HSPACE="5" ALT="Note"></TD ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="CENTER" ><B >Note</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD > </TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P >Have in mind that for the older Preferred Bus ID XFree Server (version 1) you have to specify the desired graphic card with parameter <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"<B CLASS="command" >-prefbusid x:x:x</B >"</SPAN > where x:x:x is the Bus ID of the desired graphic card. Just append "-prefbusid x:x:x" with the correct Bus ID of the card you want to start right before the last argument vt[x].</P ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></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" ><A HREF="tweak_input_devs-phys.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="dm_conf-xdm_kdm.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Using the <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"Phys"</SPAN > descriptor and USB devices</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Configuring xdm and kdm</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >