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10139N/A<refentry id="gdmdynamic-1">

17583N/A<refmeta><refentrytitle>&cmd;</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

19026N/A<refmiscinfo class="date">15 Jul 2010</refmiscinfo>

10139N/A<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man1;</refmiscinfo>

10139N/A<refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</refmiscinfo>

10139N/A<refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</refmiscinfo>

10139N/A<refmiscinfo class="copyright">&suncopy;</refmiscinfo>

10139N/A</refmeta>

17583N/A<indexterm><primary>&cmd;</primary></indexterm>

17583N/A<indexterm><primary>

17583N/AGDM Dynamic Server Management

17583N/A</primary></indexterm>

17583N/A<refnamediv id="gdmdynamic-1-name">

17583N/A<refname>&cmd;</refname>

17583N/A<refpurpose>

17583N/AGDM Dynamic Server Management

17583N/A</refpurpose></refnamediv>

10139N/A<refsynopsisdiv id="gdmdynamic-1-synp"><title>&synp-tt;</title>

10139N/A<cmdsynopsis><command>&cmd;</command>

19026N/A<arg choice="opt">

19026N/A<option>a <replaceable>display</replaceable></option> | <option>d <replaceable>display</replaceable></option> | <option>l <replaceable>pattern</replaceable></option>

19026N/A</arg>

17671N/A<arg choice="opt"><option>-help</option></arg>

10139N/A</cmdsynopsis></refsynopsisdiv>

17593N/A

10139N/A<refsect1 id="gdmdynamic-1-desc"><title>&desc-tt;</title>

17583N/A<para>

19026N/A<command>&cmd;</command> allows for the management of displays in a dynamic

19026N/Afashion. The <command>&cmd;</command> command can be used to manage a new

19026N/Adisplay, or remove an existing display. <command>&cmd;</command> can also be

19026N/Aused to list all attached displays, or only attached displays that match a

19026N/Apattern.

17583N/A</para>

10139N/A</refsect1>

17593N/A

17593N/A<refsect1 id="gdmdynamic-1-opts">

17593N/A<title>&opts-tt;</title>

10139N/A<para>The following options are supported:</para>

10139N/A<variablelist termlength="narrow">

10139N/A

11925N/A<varlistentry>

11925N/A<term><option>a <replaceable>display</replaceable></option></term>

11925N/A<listitem><para>

19026N/AAdd and start to manage a new display configuration. The

19026N/A<replaceable>display</replaceable> value for this option may include the

17583N/AXserver command to run for this display by specifying the value as

19026N/A<replaceable>display</replaceable>=<replaceable>command</replaceable>.

19026N/AThis is optional, and the default Xserver command will be used if no command is

17583N/Aprovided on the command line.

11925N/A</para>

10139N/A</listitem></varlistentry>

10139N/A

11925N/A<varlistentry>

11925N/A<term><option>d <replaceable>display</replaceable></option></term>

11925N/A<listitem><para>

11925N/ADelete a display, killing the X server and purging the display configuration.

11925N/A</para>

10139N/A</listitem></varlistentry>

10139N/A

17671N/A<varlistentry>

17671N/A<term><option>h</option>, <option>-help</option></term>

17671N/A<listitem><para>

17671N/ADisplay detailed usage message.

17671N/A</para></listitem></varlistentry>

17671N/A

10139N/A<varlistentry><term><option>l <replaceable>pattern</replaceable></option></term><listitem><para>

17583N/AList displays that are started via the <command>&cmd;</command> command.

19026N/AWithout a pattern, all attached displays are listed. With a pattern, all

17583N/Aattached displays match using glob characters '*', '?' and '[]'.

17583N/A</para>

10139N/A</listitem></varlistentry>

17593N/A</variablelist></refsect1>

10139N/A

10139N/A<refsect1 id="gdmdynamic-1-exam"><title>&exam-tt;</title>

10139N/A<example role="example">

17583N/A<title>Adding display :20 providing the command to use.</title>

17583N/A<para><screen>example% <userinput>&cmd; -a "20=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -dev /dev/fb2"</userinput></screen></para>

10139N/A</example>

10139N/A

10139N/A<example role="example">

17583N/A<title>Deleting display 20.</title>

17583N/A<para><screen>example% <userinput>&cmd; -d 20</userinput></screen></para>

10139N/A</example>

10139N/A

10139N/A<example role="example">

17583N/A<title>List all displays started via <command>&cmd;</command></title>

10139N/A<para><screen>example% <userinput>&cmd; -l</userinput></screen></para>

10139N/A</example>

10139N/A

10139N/A<example role="example">

17583N/A<title>List all displays started via <command>&cmd;</command> using a pattern

17583N/Ato match</title>

10139N/A<para><screen>example% <userinput>&cmd; -l "Xorg*"</userinput></screen></para>

10139N/A</example>

17593N/A</refsect1>

10139N/A

10139N/A<refsect1 id="gdmdynamic-1-file"><title>&file-tt;</title>

10139N/A<para>The following files are used by this application:</para>

10139N/A<variablelist termlength="medium">

10139N/A<varlistentry><term><filename>/usr/bin/&cmd;</filename></term><listitem><para>

17593N/AExecutable for GDM Dynamic Server Management.

17597N/A</para></listitem></varlistentry>

10139N/A</variablelist></refsect1>

17593N/A

10139N/A<refsect1 id="gdmdynamic-1-attr"><title>&attr-tt;</title>

17593N/A<para>See

17593N/A<olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5">

17593N/A<citerefentry><refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle>

17593N/A<manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></olink>

17593N/Afor descriptions of the following attributes:

17593N/A</para>

10139N/A<informaltable frame="all">

17593N/A<tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1">

17593N/A<colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="1*">

10139N/A<colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="1*">

10139N/A<thead>

17593N/A<row>

17593N/A<entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</entry>

17593N/A<entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</entry></row>

10139N/A</thead>

10139N/A<tbody>

17593N/A<row>

17593N/A<entry><para>Availability</para></entry>

18745N/A<entry><para>system/display-manager/gdm</para></entry>

17593N/A</row>

17593N/A<row>

17593N/A<entry colname="COLSPEC0"><para>Interface stability</para></entry>

17593N/A<entry colname="COLSPEC1"><para>Volatile</para></entry>

17593N/A</row>

10139N/A</tbody>

10139N/A</tgroup>

10139N/A</informaltable>

10139N/A</refsect1>

17593N/A

10139N/A<refsect1 id="gdmdynamic-1-also"><title>&also-tt;</title>

10139N/A<para>Latest version of the <citetitle>GNOME Desktop User Guide</citetitle>

10139N/Afor your platform.</para>

10139N/A<para>

10139N/A<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gdmflexiserver</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

17583N/A<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gdm-screenshot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

10139N/A<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gdm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1m</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

17598N/A<citerefentry><refentrytitle>ck-seat-tool</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1m</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

17583N/A<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gdm-stop</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1m</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

17583N/A<citerefentry><refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>

10139N/A</para>

10139N/A</refsect1>

17593N/A

10139N/A<refsect1 id="gdmdynamic-1-note"><title>&note-tt;</title>

17593N/A<para>

19026N/AWritten by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2006, 2009, 2010.

17593N/A</para>

10139N/A</refsect1>

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