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<refmeta><refentrytitle>&cmd;</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

<refmiscinfo class="date">15 Jul 2010</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man1;</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="copyright">&suncopy;</refmiscinfo>

</refmeta>

<indexterm><primary>&cmd;</primary></indexterm>

<indexterm><primary>

GDM Dynamic Server Management

</primary></indexterm>

<refnamediv id="gdmdynamic-1-name">

<refname>&cmd;</refname>

<refpurpose>

GDM Dynamic Server Management

</refpurpose></refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv id="gdmdynamic-1-synp"><title>&synp-tt;</title>

<cmdsynopsis><command>&cmd;</command>

<arg choice="opt">

<option>a <replaceable>display</replaceable></option> | <option>d <replaceable>display</replaceable></option> | <option>l <replaceable>pattern</replaceable></option>

</arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-help</option></arg>

</cmdsynopsis></refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1 id="gdmdynamic-1-desc"><title>&desc-tt;</title>

<para>

<command>&cmd;</command> allows for the management of displays in a dynamic

fashion. The <command>&cmd;</command> command can be used to manage a new

display, or remove an existing display. <command>&cmd;</command> can also be

used to list all attached displays, or only attached displays that match a

pattern.

</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gdmdynamic-1-opts">

<title>&opts-tt;</title>

<para>The following options are supported:</para>

<variablelist termlength="narrow">

<varlistentry>

<term><option>a <replaceable>display</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>

Add and start to manage a new display configuration. The

<replaceable>display</replaceable> value for this option may include the

Xserver command to run for this display by specifying the value as

<replaceable>display</replaceable>=<replaceable>command</replaceable>.

This is optional, and the default Xserver command will be used if no command is

provided on the command line.

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>d <replaceable>display</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>

Delete a display, killing the X server and purging the display configuration.

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>h</option>, <option>-help</option></term>

<listitem><para>

Display detailed usage message.

</para></listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>l <replaceable>pattern</replaceable></option></term><listitem><para>

List displays that are started via the <command>&cmd;</command> command.

Without a pattern, all attached displays are listed. With a pattern, all

attached displays match using glob characters '*', '?' and '[]'.

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gdmdynamic-1-exam"><title>&exam-tt;</title>

<example role="example">

<title>Adding display :20 providing the command to use.</title>

<para><screen>example% <userinput>&cmd; -a "20=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -dev /dev/fb2"</userinput></screen></para>

</example>

<example role="example">

<title>Deleting display 20.</title>

<para><screen>example% <userinput>&cmd; -d 20</userinput></screen></para>

</example>

<example role="example">

<title>List all displays started via <command>&cmd;</command></title>

<para><screen>example% <userinput>&cmd; -l</userinput></screen></para>

</example>

<example role="example">

<title>List all displays started via <command>&cmd;</command> using a pattern

to match</title>

<para><screen>example% <userinput>&cmd; -l "Xorg*"</userinput></screen></para>

</example>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gdmdynamic-1-file"><title>&file-tt;</title>

<para>The following files are used by this application:</para>

<variablelist termlength="medium">

<varlistentry><term><filename>/usr/bin/&cmd;</filename></term><listitem><para>

Executable for GDM Dynamic Server Management.

</para></listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gdmdynamic-1-attr"><title>&attr-tt;</title>

<para>See

<olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5">

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle>

<manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></olink>

for descriptions of the following attributes:

</para>

<informaltable frame="all">

<tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1">

<colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="1*">

<colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="1*">

<thead>

<row>

<entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</entry>

<entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</entry></row>

</thead>

<tbody>

<row>

<entry><para>Availability</para></entry>

<entry><para>system/display-manager/gdm</para></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry colname="COLSPEC0"><para>Interface stability</para></entry>

<entry colname="COLSPEC1"><para>Volatile</para></entry>

</row>

</tbody>

</tgroup>

</informaltable>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gdmdynamic-1-also"><title>&also-tt;</title>

<para>Latest version of the <citetitle>GNOME Desktop User Guide</citetitle>

for your platform.</para>

<para>

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gdmflexiserver</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gdm-screenshot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gdm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1m</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>ck-seat-tool</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1m</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gdm-stop</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1m</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>

</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gdmdynamic-1-note"><title>&note-tt;</title>

<para>

Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2006, 2009, 2010.

</para>

</refsect1>

</refentry>