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10139N/A<refmeta><refentrytitle>gdmdynamic</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
10139N/A<refmiscinfo class="date">1 Sep 2004</refmiscinfo>
10139N/A<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man1;</refmiscinfo>
10139N/A<refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</refmiscinfo>
10139N/A<refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</refmiscinfo>
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10139N/A<indexterm><primary>gdmdynamic</primary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>
10139N/AGDM GDM Dynamic Server Management</primary></indexterm>
10139N/A<refnamediv id="gdmdynamic-1-name"><refname>gdmdynamic</refname><refpurpose>
10139N/AGDM GDM Dynamic Server Management</refpurpose></refnamediv>
10139N/A<refsynopsisdiv id="gdmdynamic-1-synp"><title>&synp-tt;</title>
10139N/A<cmdsynopsis><command>&cmd;</command>
10139N/A<arg choice="opt"><option>a <replaceable>display</replaceable></option> | <option>b <replaceable>display</replaceable></option> | <option>d <replaceable>display</replaceable></option> | <option>l <replaceable>pattern</replaceable></option></arg>
10139N/A<arg choice="opt"><option>r <replaceable>display</replaceable></option></arg>
10139N/A<arg choice="opt"><option>s <replaceable>int</replaceable></option></arg>
10139N/A<arg choice="opt"><option>t <replaceable>int</replaceable></option></arg>
10139N/A<arg choice="opt"><option>v <replaceable>int</replaceable></option></arg>
10139N/A</cmdsynopsis></refsynopsisdiv>
10139N/A<refsect1 id="gdmdynamic-1-desc"><title>&desc-tt;</title>
10139N/A<para>&cmd;<command></command> allows the management of displays in a dynamic
10139N/Afashion. It is typically used in environments where it is not possible to list
10139N/Athe possible displays in the GDM configuration files. The
10139N/A<command>&cmd;</command> command can be used to create a new display on a
10139N/Aparticular display number, run all newly created displays, or remove a display.
10139N/AThe <command>&cmd;</command> can also be used to list all attached displays, or
10139N/Aonly attached displays that match a pattern.</para>
10139N/A
10139N/A<para>
10139N/AThis program is designed to manage multiple simultaneous requests and
10139N/Aworks to avoid flooding the daemon with requests. If the socket connection
10139N/Ais busy, it will sleep and retry a certain number of times that can be tuned
10139N/Awith the <option>s</option> and <option>t</option> options.</para>
10139N/A</refsect1>
10139N/A<refsect1 id="gdmdynamic-1-opts"><title>&opts-tt;</title>
10139N/A<para>The following options are supported:</para>
10139N/A<variablelist termlength="narrow">
10139N/A
10139N/A<varlistentry><term><option>a <replaceable>display</replaceable></option></term><listitem><para>
10139N/AAdd a new display configuration, leaving it in the DISPLAY_CONFIG state. The display will
10139N/Anot actually be started until the display is released by calling <command>&cmd;</command>
10139N/Aagain with the <option>r</option> option.</para>
10139N/A</listitem></varlistentry>
10139N/A
10139N/A<varlistentry><term><option>b</option></term><listitem><para>
10139N/ABackground mode. Fork child to do the work and return immediately.
10139N/A</listitem></varlistentry>
10139N/A
10139N/A<varlistentry><term><option>d <replaceable>display</replaceable></option></term><listitem><para>
10139N/ADelete a display, killing the X server and purging the display
10139N/Aconfiguration.
10139N/A</listitem></varlistentry>
10139N/A
10139N/A<varlistentry><term><option>l <replaceable>pattern</replaceable></option></term><listitem><para>
10139N/AList displays via the ATTACHED_SERVERS
10139N/A<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gdmflexiserver</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
10139N/Acommand. Without a pattern, all attached displays are lsited. With a pattern, all
10139N/Aattached displays match using glob characters '*', '?' and '[]'.</para>
10139N/A</listitem></varlistentry>
10139N/A
10139N/A<varlistentry><term><option>r <replaceable>display</replaceable></option></term><listitem><para>
10139N/ARelease (run) the specified <replaceable>display</replaceable> waiting in the DISPLAY_CONFIG state.
10139N/A</listitem></varlistentry>
10139N/A
10139N/A<varlistentry><term><option>s <replaceable>int</replaceable></option></term><listitem><para>
10139N/AIf the daemon socket is busy, <command>&cmd;</command> will sleep an amount of time between
10139N/Aretries. A random number of seconds 0-5 is added to the <replaceable>int</replaceable>
10139N/Avalue to help ensure that multiple calls to gdmdynamic do not all try to restart
10139N/Aat the same time. A value of zero causes the sleep time to be 1 second.
10139N/ADefault value is 8 seconds.</para>
10139N/A</listitem></varlistentry>
10139N/A
10139N/A<varlistentry><term><option>t <replaceable>int</replaceable></option></term><listitem><para>
10139N/AIf the daemon socket is busy, <command>&cmd;</command> will retry to open the connection the
10139N/Aspecified numer of times. Default value is 15.</para>
10139N/A</listitem></varlistentry>
10139N/A
10139N/A<varlistentry><term><option>v</option></term><listitem><para>
10139N/AVerbose mode. Print diagnostic messages about each message sent to GDM.
10139N/A</listitem></varlistentry>
10139N/A
10139N/A</variablelist></refsect1>
10139N/A<refsect1 id="gdmdynamic-1-exam"><title>&exam-tt;</title>
10139N/A<example role="example">
10139N/A<title>Adding display 2 using the [server-Standard] display configuration defined in the GDM configuration file.</title>
10139N/A<para><screen>example% <userinput>&cmd; -a "2=Standard"</userinput></screen></para>
10139N/A</example>
10139N/A
10139N/A<example role="example">
10139N/A<title>Adding display 3 providing the command to use.</title>
10139N/A<para><screen>example% <userinput>&cmd; -a "3=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -dev /dev/fb2"</userinput></screen></para>
10139N/A</example>
10139N/A
10139N/A<example role="example">
10139N/A<title>Release display 3.</title>
10139N/A<para><screen>example% <userinput>&cmd; -r 3</userinput></screen></para>
10139N/A</example>
10139N/A
10139N/A<example role="example">
10139N/A<title>Deleting display 3.</title>
10139N/A<para><screen>example% <userinput>&cmd; -d 3</userinput></screen></para>
10139N/A</example>
10139N/A
10139N/A<example role="example">
10139N/A<title>List all displays via the ATTACHED_SERVERS command</title>
10139N/A<para><screen>example% <userinput>&cmd; -l</userinput></screen></para>
10139N/A</example>
10139N/A
10139N/A<example role="example">
10139N/A<title>List all displays via the ATTACHED_SERVERS command using a pattern to match</title>
10139N/A<para><screen>example% <userinput>&cmd; -l "Xorg*"</userinput></screen></para>
10139N/A</example>
10139N/A
10139N/A</refsect1>
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>
10139N/AExecutable for GDM Dynamic Server Management</para>
10139N/A</listitem></varlistentry>
10139N/A</variablelist></refsect1>
10139N/A<refsect1 id="gdmdynamic-1-attr"><title>&attr-tt;</title>
10139N/A<para>See <olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5"><citerefentry>
10139N/A<refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></olink>
10139N/Afor descriptions of the following attributes:</para>
10139N/A<informaltable frame="all">
10139N/A<tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="1*">
10139N/A<colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="1*">
10139N/A<thead>
10139N/A<row><entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</entry><entry align="center"
10139N/Avalign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</entry></row>
10139N/A</thead>
10139N/A<tbody>
10139N/A<row><entry><para>Availability</para></entry><entry><para>SUNWgnome-display-mgr
10139N/A</para></entry></row>
10139N/A<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0"><para>Interface stability</para></entry><entry
10139N/Acolname="COLSPEC1"><para>Volatile</para></entry></row>
10139N/A</tbody>
10139N/A</tgroup>
10139N/A</informaltable>
10139N/A</refsect1>
10139N/A<refsect1 id="gdmdynamic-1-also"><title>&also-tt;</title>
10139N/A<!--Reference to another man page-->
10139N/A<!--Reference to a Help manual-->
10139N/A<!--Reference to a book.-->
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>gdmXnestchooser</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
10139N/A<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gdmflexiserver</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
10139N/A<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gdmphotosetup</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
10139N/A<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gdmthemetester</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
10139N/A<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gdm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1m</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
10139N/A<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gdm-restart</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1m</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
10139N/A<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gdmsetup</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1m</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
10139N/A<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gnome-std-options</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
10139N/A</para>
10139N/A</refsect1>
10139N/A<refsect1 id="gdmdynamic-1-note"><title>&note-tt;</title>
10139N/A<para>Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2006.</para>
10139N/A</refsect1>
10139N/A</refentry>
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