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17751N/A<refentry id="gdmflexiserver-1">
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10139N/A<refmeta><refentrytitle>&cmd;</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
10139N/A<refmiscinfo class="date">20 Oct 2009</refmiscinfo>
10139N/A<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man1;</refmiscinfo>
10139N/A<refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</refmiscinfo>
10139N/A<refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</refmiscinfo>
17751N/A<refmiscinfo class="copyright">&suncopy;</refmiscinfo>
17751N/A</refmeta>
17751N/A<indexterm><primary>&cmd;</primary></indexterm>
17751N/A<indexterm><primary>
17751N/ARuns flexible (on demand) X servers
17751N/A</primary></indexterm>
17751N/A<refnamediv id="gdmflexiserver-1-name"><refname>&cmd;</refname>
17751N/A<refpurpose>
17751N/ARuns flexible (on demand) X servers
17751N/A</refpurpose></refnamediv>
17751N/A<refsynopsisdiv id="gdmflexiserver-1-synp"><title>&synp-tt;</title>
17751N/A<cmdsynopsis><command>&cmd;</command>
17751N/A<arg choice="opt"><option>-authenticate</option></arg>
17751N/A<arg choice="opt"><option>-command=<replaceable>command</replaceable></option></arg>
17751N/A<arg choice="opt"><option>-debug</option></arg>
17751N/A<arg choice="opt"><option>-monte-carlo-pi</option></arg>
17751N/A<arg choice="opt"><option>-no-lock</option></arg>
17751N/A<arg choice="opt"><option>-version</option></arg>
17751N/A<arg choice="opt"><option>-xnest</option></arg>
17751N/A</cmdsynopsis></refsynopsisdiv>
17751N/A<refsect1 id="gdmflexiserver-1-desc"><title>&desc-tt;</title>
10139N/A<para>
17751N/A<command>&cmd;</command> is primarily used to run flexible (on demand) X
17751N/Aservers via the virtual terminal interface. <command>&cmd;</command> allows a
17751N/Auser to log in once and then quits. This is useful if you are logged in as
17751N/Auser A, and user B wants to log in quickly but user A does not wish to log out.
17751N/AThe X server ensures that the virtual terminal switching works transparently.
17751N/A</para>
17751N/A<para>
17751N/AIn GDM 2.20 and earlier, <command>&cmd;</command> was the primary interface
17751N/Afor starting flexible X server sessions. In the current version of GDM, the
17751N/A&quot;User Switcher&quot; panel applet is more typically used for this
17751N/Apurpose when using the GNOME desktop. The <command>&cmd;</command> interface
17751N/Ais provided for backwards compatibility purposes, and to provide an interface
17751N/Afor starting flexible X server sessions when not using the GNOME desktop.
17751N/A</para>
17751N/A<para>
17751N/AMany of the <command>&cmd;</command> options are no longer supported in GDM
17751N/Aand are ignored if used. For example, GDM 2.20 and earlier made use of the
17751N/A<option>-command</option> option to query information from the GDM daemon and
17751N/Ato control its behavior. Current versions of GDM use D-Bus for this purpose
17751N/Aand gdmflexiserver now only supports the &quot;VERSION&quot; command.
17751N/A</para>
17751N/A
17751N/A</refsect1>
17751N/A<refsect1 id="gdmflexiserver-1-opts"><title>&opts-tt;</title>
17751N/A<para>The following options are supported:</para>
17751N/A<variablelist termlength="wide">
17751N/A<varlistentry>
17751N/A<term><option>a</option>, <option>-authenticate</option></term>
17751N/A<listitem><para>
17751N/AIgnored.
17751N/A</para>
10139N/A</listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry>
10139N/A<term><option>c</option>, <option>-command=<replaceable>command</replaceable></option></term>
17751N/A<listitem><para>
17751N/ARun the specified command.
17751N/A</para>
17751N/A</listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry>
17751N/A<term><option>d</option>, <option>-debug</option></term>
17751N/A<listitem><para>
17751N/AEnable debugging output.
17751N/A</para>
17751N/A</listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry>
17751N/A<term><option>-monte-carlo-pi</option></term>
17751N/A<listitem><para>
17751N/AEaster egg. Determine the value of pi using a Monte Carlo simulation.
17751N/A</para></listitem></varlistentry>
17751N/A<varlistentry>
17751N/A<term><option>l</option>, <option>-no-lock</option></term>
17751N/A<listitem><para>
17751N/AIgnored.
17751N/A</para></listitem></varlistentry>
17751N/A<varlistentry>
17751N/A<term><option>-version</option></term>
17751N/A<listitem><para>
17751N/ADisplay GDM version number.
10139N/A</para></listitem></varlistentry>
17751N/A<varlistentry>
17751N/A<term><option>n</option>, <option>-xnest</option></term>
11965N/A<listitem><para>
17751N/AIgnored.
17751N/A</para></listitem></varlistentry>
17751N/A</variablelist></refsect1>
17751N/A<refsect1 id="gdmflexiserver-1-exde"><title>&exde-tt;</title>
17751N/A<para>
17751N/A<command>&cmd;</command> accepts the following with the
17751N/A<option>-command</option> option:
17751N/A</para>
17751N/A<itemizedlist>
17751N/A<listitem><command>VERSION</command></listitem>
17751N/A</itemizedlist>
17751N/A<para>Each is described in detail in the following section:</para>
17751N/A
17751N/A<refsect2 id="gdmflexiserver-1-exde-VERSION">
17751N/A<title>VERSION</title>
17751N/A<variablelist>
17751N/A<varlistentry>
17751N/A<term>Description:</term>
10139N/A<listitem><para>
17751N/AQuery GDM version
17751N/A</para></listitem></varlistentry>
10139N/A<varlistentry>
10139N/A<term>Supported since:</term>
17751N/A<listitem><para>
17751N/A2.2.4.0
17751N/A</para></listitem></varlistentry>
17751N/A<varlistentry>
10139N/A<term>Arguments:</term>
10139N/A<listitem><para>
17751N/ANone
17751N/A</para></listitem></varlistentry>
17751N/A<varlistentry>
17751N/A<term>Answers:</term>
17751N/A<listitem><para>
17751N/AGDM <replaceable>gdm-version</replaceable>
17751N/A</para></listitem></varlistentry>
17751N/A</variablelist>
17751N/A</refsect2>
10139N/A</refsect1>
17751N/A
17751N/A<refsect1 id="gdmflexiserver-1-exam"><title>&exam-tt;</title>
17751N/A<example role="example">
10139N/A<title>To see the GDM version</title>
10139N/A<para><screen>example% <userinput>&cmd; <option>-command</option>=VERSION
10139N/A</userinput>
10139N/A<computeroutput>GDM 2.28.1</computeroutput></screen></para>
17751N/A</example>
17751N/A</refsect1>
17751N/A<refsect1 id="gdmflexiserver-1-file"><title>&file-tt;</title>
17751N/A<para>The following files are used by this application:</para>
10139N/A<variablelist termlength="wide">
10139N/A<varlistentry>
10139N/A<term><filename>/usr/bin/&cmd;</filename></term>
11904N/A<listitem><para>
10139N/AExecutable for flexible (on demand) X servers
10139N/A</para>
10139N/A</listitem></varlistentry>
17751N/A</variablelist></refsect1>
10139N/A
17751N/A<refsect1 id="gdmflexiserver-1-attr"><title>&attr-tt;</title>
17751N/A<para>See <olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5"><citerefentry>
17751N/A<refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></olink>
17751N/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*">
<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>SUNWgnome-display-mgr
</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>
<!--Reference to another man page-->
<!--Reference to a Help manual-->
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<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>