gdmflexiserver - Runs flexible (on demand) X servers
gdmflexiserver [--authenticate] [--command=command] [--debug] [--help] [--monte-carlo-pi] [--no-lock] [--version] [--xnest]
gdmflexiserver(1) General Commands Manual gdmflexiserver(1) NAME gdmflexiserver - Runs flexible (on demand) X servers SYNOPSIS gdmflexiserver [--authenticate] [--command=command] [--debug] [--help] [--monte-carlo-pi] [--no-lock] [--version] [--xnest] DESCRIPTION gdmflexiserver is primarily used to run flexible (on demand) X servers via the virtual terminal interface. gdmflexiserver 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. In GDM 2.20 and earlier, gdmflexiserver was the primary interface for starting flexible X server sessions. In the current version of GDM, the "User Switcher" panel applet is more typically used for this pur- pose when using the GNOME desktop. The gdmflexiserver interface is provided for backwards compatibility purposes, and to provide an inter- face for starting flexible X server sessions when not using the GNOME desktop. Many of the gdmflexiserver options are no longer supported in GDM and are ignored if used. For example, GDM 2.20 and earlier made use of the --command option to query information from the GDM daemon and to con- trol its behavior. Current versions of GDM use D-Bus for this purpose and gdmflexiserver now only supports the "VERSION" command. OPTIONS The following options are supported: -a, --authenticate Ignored. -c, --command=command Run the specified command. -d, --debug Enable debugging output. -h, --help Display detailed usage message. --monte-carlo-pi Easter egg. Determine the value of pi using a Monte Carlo simulation. -l, --no-lock Ignored. --version Display GDM version number. -n, --xnest Ignored. EXTENDED DESCRIPTION gdmflexiserver accepts the following with the --command option: o VERSION Each is described in detail in the following section: VERSION Description: Query GDM version Supported since: 2.2.4.0 Arguments: None Answers: GDM gdm-version EXAMPLES Example 1: To see the GDM version example% gdmflexiserver --command=VERSION GDM 2.28.1 FILES The following files are used by this application: /usr/bin/gdmflexiserver Executable for Run flexible (on demand) X servers. ATTRIBUTES See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes: +---------------+----------------------------+ |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +---------------+----------------------------+ |Availability | system/display-manager/gdm | +---------------+----------------------------+ |Stability | Volatile | +---------------+----------------------------+ SEE ALSO Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform. gdm-screenshot(1), gdm(8), attributes(7) NOTES Original man page written by Martin K. Petersen <mkp@mkp.net>, George Lebl <jirka@5z.com>. Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 by Martin K. Petersen. Copyright (c) 2001, 2003, 2004 by George Lebl. Copyright (c) 2003 by Red Hat, Inc. Updated by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004, 2006, 2009. This software was built from source available at https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community source was downloaded from https://down- load.gnome.org/sources/gdm/3.24/gdm-3.24.2.tar.xz Further information about this software can be found on the open source community website at https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GDM. 22 Apr 2018 gdmflexiserver(1)