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NOTE: Make sure that the environment is set as described in
Section 5.1.
To start up the server using xinit, type:
prompt% xinit -- $X11R6HOME/bin/X
You may also add any other standard command line arguments
to the end of the line. For additional information on the use of
xinit, refer to the xinit man page.
5.4

xdm

The X Display Manager (xdm) program is used for running
multiple users on the same host machine.
services similar to those provided by init, getty and login
on character terminals prompting for login name and password,
authenticating the user, and running a session. It provides a
login window for each user or selected users.
Several files that are required to start xdm are provided in the
directory /etc/X11/xdm (depending on the distribution on your
system, the path to these files might be different). The
configuration file, xdmconfig, contains references to the other
files and is used to specify other configuration parameters of
xdm. The Xservers file specifies the users (displays) that must
get a login window.
The Xservers file will have individual lines to represent the X
server startup on each of the display devices on which an xdm
login screen is desired. Once the XF86Config file is properly
configured, a typical Xservers file should contain only one
uncommented line, such as the following example:
:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X
You may also add any other command line arguments to the end
of the line. For more information on xdm, refer to the xdm man
pages.
Chapter 5 – Invoking The X Server
xdm provides
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