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

<refmiscinfo class="date">20 Oct 2009</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>

Runs flexible (on demand) X servers

</primary></indexterm>

<refnamediv id="gdmflexiserver-1-name"><refname>&cmd;</refname>

<refpurpose>

Runs flexible (on demand) X servers

</refpurpose></refnamediv>

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

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

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

<arg choice="opt"><option>-command=<replaceable>command</replaceable></option></arg>

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

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

<arg choice="opt"><option>-monte-carlo-pi</option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-no-lock</option></arg>

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

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

</cmdsynopsis></refsynopsisdiv>

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

<para>

<command>&cmd;</command> is primarily used to run flexible (on demand) X

servers via the virtual terminal interface. <command>&cmd;</command> allows a

user to log in once and then quits. This is useful if you are logged in as

user A, and user B wants to log in quickly but user A does not wish to log out.

The X server ensures that the virtual terminal switching works transparently.

</para>

<para>

In GDM 2.20 and earlier, <command>&cmd;</command> was the primary interface

for starting flexible X server sessions. In the current version of GDM, the

&quot;User Switcher&quot; panel applet is more typically used for this

purpose when using the GNOME desktop. The <command>&cmd;</command> interface

is provided for backwards compatibility purposes, and to provide an interface

for starting flexible X server sessions when not using the GNOME desktop.

</para>

<para>

Many of the <command>&cmd;</command> options are no longer supported in GDM

and are ignored if used. For example, GDM 2.20 and earlier made use of the

<option>-command</option> option to query information from the GDM daemon and

to control its behavior. Current versions of GDM use D\-Bus for this purpose

and gdmflexiserver now only supports the &quot;VERSION&quot; command.

</para>

</refsect1>

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

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

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

<variablelist termlength="medium">

<varlistentry>

<term><option>a</option>, <option>-authenticate</option></term>

<listitem><para>

Ignored.

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

<varlistentry>

<term><option>c</option>, <option>-command=<replaceable>command</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>

Run the specified command.

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>d</option>, <option>-debug</option></term>

<listitem><para>

Enable debugging output.

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

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

<listitem><para>

Display detailed usage message.

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

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-monte-carlo-pi</option></term>

<listitem><para>

Easter egg. Determine the value of pi using a Monte Carlo simulation.

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

<varlistentry>

<term><option>l</option>, <option>-no-lock</option></term>

<listitem><para>

Ignored.

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

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-version</option></term>

<listitem><para>

Display GDM version number.

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

<varlistentry>

<term><option>n</option>, <option>-xnest</option></term>

<listitem><para>

Ignored.

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

</variablelist>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="gdmflexiserver-1-exde"><title>&exde-tt;</title>

<para>

<command>&cmd;</command> accepts the following with the

<option>-command</option> option:

</para>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><command>VERSION</command></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

<para>

Each is described in detail in the following section:

</para>

<refsect2 id="gdmflexiserver-1-exde-VERSION">

<title>VERSION</title>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>

<term>Description:</term>

<listitem><para>

Query GDM version

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

<varlistentry>

<term>Supported since:</term>

<listitem><para>

2.2.4.0

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

<varlistentry>

<term>Arguments:</term>

<listitem><para>

None

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

<varlistentry>

<term>Answers:</term>

<listitem><para>

GDM <replaceable>gdm-version</replaceable>

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

</variablelist>

</refsect2>

</refsect1>

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

<example role="example">

<title>To see the GDM version</title>

<para>

<screen>

example% <userinput>&cmd; <option>-command</option>=VERSION</userinput>

<computeroutput>GDM 2.28.1</computeroutput>

</screen></para>

</example>

</refsect1>

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

<para>

The following files are used by this application:

</para>

<variablelist termlength="wide">

<varlistentry>

<term><filename>/usr/bin/&cmd;</filename></term>

<listitem><para>

Executable for Run flexible (on demand) X servers.

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

</variablelist></refsect1>

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

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

for your platform.</para>

<para>

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

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

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gdm</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="gdmflexiserver-1-note"><title>&note-tt;</title>

<para>

Original man page written by Martin K. Petersen &lt;mkp@mkp.net&gt;, George

Lebl &lt;jirka@5z.com&gt;. Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 by Martin K. Petersen.

Copyright (c) 2001, 2003, 2004 by George Lebl. Copyright (c) 2003 by Red Hat,

Inc.

</para>

<para>

Updated by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004, 2006, 2009.

</para>

</refsect1>

</refentry>