4. OperatingBarco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 _____________________________________________________________________ 4-74.3 X Display managerThe X display manager xdm is a system process which manages a user session from the login to the logout. Thexdm provides a flexible and configurable method for logging in with an X server. The xdm can be configuredsuch that X.11 clients are started automatically. The X server is reset for the next login following each user log-out.X display manager of ArgusThe X display manager comes pre-installed with the system on your A RGUS. Depending on the actual configura-tion the xdm is started automatically and opens a chooser box offering all possible xdm hosts accessible by yourA RGUS.On A RGUS there are manual pages about the xdm available. For reading these man pages enter man xdm in thecommand line:eos:/root # man xdmX display manager of host computersThe X display manager for the host computers of ARGUS is not included in the delivery of A RGUS.Further documentationThe X display manager is documented in:• X Window System Administrators Guide – Volume 8O’Reilly & Associates, Inc.This document specifically describes all configuration possibilities for the X display manager using correspondingfiles.
