gdmdynamic(1) User Commands gdmdynamic(1)NAMEgdmdynamic - GDM Dynamic Server Management
SYNOPSISgdmdynamic [-a display | -r display | -d display | -l pattern] [--help]
DESCRIPTIONgdmdynamic allows the management of displays in a dynamic fashion. It
is typically used in environments where it is not possible to list the
possible displays in the GDM configuration files. The gdmdynamic com‐
mand can be used to create a new display on a particular display num‐
ber, run all newly created displays, or remove a display. The gdmdy‐
namic can also be used to list all attached displays, or only attached
displays that match a pattern.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-a display Add a new display configuration, leaving it in the DIS‐
PLAY_CONFIG state. The display will not actually be
started until the display is released by calling gdmdy‐
namic again with the -r option. The display option for
this option may include the Xserver command to run for
this display by specifying the value as display=com‐
mand. This is optional, and the default Xserver com‐
mand will be used if no command is provided on the com‐
mand line.
-d display Delete a display, killing the X server and purging the
display configuration.
-h, --help Display detailed usage message.
-l pattern List displays that are started via the gdmdynamic com‐
mand.
Without a pattern, all attached displays are listed.
With a pattern, all attached displays match using glob
characters '*', '?' and '[]'.
-r display Release (run) the specified display waiting in the DIS‐
PLAY_CONFIG state.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Adding display :20 providing the command to use.
example% gdmdynamic-a "20=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -dev /dev/fb2"
Example 2: Release display 20.
example% gdmdynamic-r 20
Example 3: Deleting display 20.
example% gdmdynamic-d 20
Example 4: List all displays started via gdmdynamic
example% gdmdynamic-l
Example 5: List all displays started via gdmdynamic using a pattern to
match
example% gdmdynamic-l "Xorg*"
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/gdmdynamic Executable for GDM Dynamic Server Management.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │system/display-manager/gdm │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface stability │Volatile │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSO
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.
gdmflexiserver(1), gdm-screenshot(1), gdm(1m), ck-seat-tool(1m), gdm-
stop(1m), attributes(5)NOTES
Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2006, 2009.
SunOS 5.11 24 Oct 2009 gdmdynamic(1)
