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refmeta><
refentrytitle>&cmd;</
refentrytitle><
manvolnum>1</
manvolnum>
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refmiscinfo class="date">20 Oct 2009</
refmiscinfo>
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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>
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indexterm><
primary>&cmd;</
primary></
indexterm>
17583N/A<
refnamediv id="gdmdynamic-1-name">
10139N/A<
refsynopsisdiv id="gdmdynamic-1-synp"><
title>&synp-tt;</
title>
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cmdsynopsis><
command>&cmd;</
command>
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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<
refsect1 id="gdmdynamic-1-desc"><
title>&desc-tt;</
title>
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command>&cmd;</
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
17583N/Aonly attached displays that match a pattern.
10139N/A<
refsect1 id="gdmdynamic-1-opts"><
title>&opts-tt;</
title>
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para>The following options are supported:</
para>
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variablelist termlength="narrow">
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term><
option>a <
replaceable>display</
replaceable></
option></
term>
11925N/AAdd a new display configuration, leaving it in the DISPLAY_CONFIG state. The
11925N/Adisplay will not actually be started until the display is released by calling
17583N/A<
command>&cmd;</
command> again with the <
option>r</
option> option. The
17583N/A<
replaceable>display</
replaceable> option for this option may include the
17583N/AXserver command to run for this display by specifying the value as
17583N/A<
replaceable>display</
replaceable>=<
replaceable>command</
replaceable>. This
17583N/Ais optional, and the default Xserver command will be used if no command is
11925N/A<
term><
option>d <
replaceable>display</
replaceable></
option></
term>
11925N/ADelete a display, killing the X server and purging the display configuration.
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.
17583N/A Without a pattern, all attached displays are lsited. With a pattern, all
17583N/Aattached displays match using glob characters '*', '?' and '[]'.
11925N/A<
term><
option>r <
replaceable>display</
replaceable></
option></
term>
11925N/ARelease (run) the specified <
replaceable>display</
replaceable> waiting in the
10139N/A<
refsect1 id="gdmdynamic-1-exam"><
title>&exam-tt;</
title>
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title>Adding display :20 providing the command to use.</
title>
17583N/A<
title>Release display 20.</
title>
17583N/A<
para><
screen>example% <
userinput>&cmd; -r 20</
userinput></
screen></
para>
17583N/A<
title>Deleting display 20.</
title>
17583N/A<
para><
screen>example% <
userinput>&cmd; -d 20</
userinput></
screen></
para>
17583N/A<
title>List all displays started via <
command>&cmd;</
command></
title>
10139N/A<
para><
screen>example% <
userinput>&cmd; -l</
userinput></
screen></
para>
17583N/A<
title>List all displays started via <
command>&cmd;</
command> using a pattern
10139N/A<
para><
screen>example% <
userinput>&cmd; -l "Xorg*"</
userinput></
screen></
para>
10139N/A<
refsect1 id="gdmdynamic-1-file"><
title>&file-tt;</
title>
10139N/A<
para>The following files are used by this application:</
para>
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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<
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>
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tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><
colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="1*">
10139N/A<
colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="1*">
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row><
entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</
entry><
entry align="center" 10139N/Avalign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</
entry></
row>
10139N/A<
row><
entry><
para>Availability</
para></
entry><
entry><
para>SUNWgnome-display-mgr
10139N/A<
row><
entry colname="COLSPEC0"><
para>Interface stability</
para></
entry><
entry 10139N/Acolname="COLSPEC1"><
para>Volatile</
para></
entry></
row>
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<
para>Latest version of the <
citetitle>GNOME Desktop User Guide</
citetitle>
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>,
17583N/A<
citerefentry><
refentrytitle>gdm-stop</
refentrytitle><
manvolnum>1m</
manvolnum></
citerefentry>,
17583N/A<
citerefentry><
refentrytitle>attributes</
refentrytitle><
manvolnum>5</
manvolnum></
citerefentry>
10139N/A<
refsect1 id="gdmdynamic-1-note"><
title>¬e-tt;</
title>
17583N/A<
para>Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2006, 2009.</
para>