XDM_(display_manager)

XDM (display manager)

XDM (display manager)

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The X Display Manager (XDM) is the default display manager for the X Window System. It is a bare-bones X display manager. It was introduced with X11 Release 3 in October 1988, to support the standalone X terminals that were just coming onto the market. It was written by Keith Packard.

This article is about the X Display Manager. XDM also refers to the XML data model used in XPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0, and XQuery.
Not to be confused with X display manager.
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It can be configured using modules and scripts.[2]

Because of XDM's minimalism, most desktop environments tend to use later, more sophisticated display managers.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "[ANNOUNCE] xdm 1.1.14". 3 December 2022. Archived from the original on 30 July 2023.
  2. [2]
    "freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xdm". GitLab. Retrieved 2023-08-01.

Further reading

  • Mui, Linda & Pearce, Eric (July 1993). X Window System Volume 8: X Window System Administrator's Guide for X11 Release 4 and Release 5 (softcover) (3rd ed.). O'Reilly and Associates. ISBN 0-937175-83-8.
  • "XDM(1) manual page". X.Org.
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