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{{Ebuild
|Summary=X.Org xdm application
|Summary=A lightweight display manager
|CatPkg=x11-apps/xdm
|CatPkg=x11-misc/lightdm
|Maintainer=
|Maintainer=
|Homepage=http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/display_manager/
|Homepage=http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/LightDM
}}
}}
Lightdm is a light display manager. It's an excellent alternative to gdm, & kdm. Lightdm is used in conjunction with {{package|x11-apps/xdm}}.


XDM ([[Wikipedia:XDM_(display_manager)|Wikipedia page]],) also known as the X Display Manager, is an application that typically starts at system startup, and presents a graphical login screen. Once a user successfully logs in, their X session begins.
=== install ===


On Gentoo systems, XDM installs the {{f|/etc/init.d/xdm}} init script, which via the {{f|/etc/conf.d/xdm}} configuration file is used to start other display managers, such as GNOME's {{c|gdm}}.
<console>###i## emerge lightdm</console>


==install==
=== configuration ===
{{note|make sure your x11 is working properly before attempting to use xdm}}
Lightdm is configured with <code>/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf</code>, and <code>/etc/conf.d/xdm</code>.  By default, lightdm ships with lightdm-gtk-greeter which is controlled by <code>/etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf</code>
{{console|body=###i## emerge xdm}}


==configure==
{{file|name=/etc/conf.d/xdm|lang=|desc=xdm configuration to use lightdm|body=
xdm is controlled by {{f|/etc/conf.d/xdm}}.
DISPLAYMANAGER="lightdm"
}}
 
=== Greeters ===
LightDM will be pretty useless for graphical logins with out the addition of a greeter for it.
 
For GTK fans:
{{console|body=###i## emerge x11-misc/lightdm-gtk-greeter}}


xdm is often paired with other, more modern display managers.
for KDE fans:
see:
{{console|body=###i## emerge x11-misc/lightdm-kde}}
*{{package|x11-misc/lightdm}}
*{{package|gnome-base/gdm}}
*{{package|kde-base/kdm}}
*{{package|x11-misc/slim}}


==init==
{{console|body=###i## rc-update add xdm
###i## rc}}
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Lightdm is a light display manager. It's an excellent alternative to gdm, & kdm. Lightdm is used in conjunction with x11-apps/xdm.

install

root # emerge lightdm

configuration

Lightdm is configured with /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf, and /etc/conf.d/xdm. By default, lightdm ships with lightdm-gtk-greeter which is controlled by /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf

   /etc/conf.d/xdm - xdm configuration to use lightdm
DISPLAYMANAGER="lightdm"

Greeters

LightDM will be pretty useless for graphical logins with out the addition of a greeter for it.

For GTK fans: 

root # emerge x11-misc/lightdm-gtk-greeter

for KDE fans: 

root # emerge x11-misc/lightdm-kde


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