.\" This file was generated by (a slightly modified) kdemangen.pl and edited by hand .TH TDM 1 "June 2006" "Trinity Desktop Environment" "Trinity Display Manager" .SH NAME tdm \- Trinity Display Manager .SH SYNOPSIS \fBtdm\fP [options] [tty] .SH DESCRIPTION \fBtdm\fP is the Trinity display manager also known as login manager. It shows a graphical login screen for username and password. After authenticating the user it starts a session. .br \fBtdm\fP can be configured for remote login via XDMCP. XDMCP is the "X Display Manager Control Protocol" which is used to set up connections between remote systems over the network. .sp 1 \fBtdm\fP is a derivative of \fBxdm\fP. \fBman 1 xdm\fP may provide useful information (requires installed \fBxdm\fP). For X-related problems try \fBman 7x X\fP and \fBman 1 startx\fP. .SH OPTIONS .TP .B \-daemon Daemonize even when started by init .TP .B \-nodaemon Don't daemonize even when started from command line .TP .BI \-config\ file Use alternative master configuration file .TP .BR \-xrm \ res Override frontend\-specific resource .TP .BI \-error\ file Use alternative log file .TP .BR \-debug \ num Debug option bitfield: .RS 11 0x1 \- core log .br 0x2 \- config reader log .br 0x4 \- greeter log .br 0x8 \- IPC log .br 0x10 \- session sub-daemon post-fork delay .br 0x20 \- config reader post-start delay .br 0x40 \- greeter post-start delay .br 0x80 \- don't use syslog .br 0x100 \- core Xauth log .br 0x400 \- valgrind config reader and greeter .br 0x800 \- strace config reader and greeter .RE .SH FILES .TP .I /etc/trinity/tdm/backgroundrc configuration file with background settings .TP .I /etc/trinity/tdm/tdm.options options for X display manager tdm .TP .I /etc/trinity/tdm/tdmrc the tdm configuration file .TP .I /etc/trinity/tdm/Xaccess access control file for XDMCP connections .TP .I /etc/trinity/tdm/Xservers list of local X-servers .TP .I /etc/trinity/tdm/Xreset script to run as root after session exits .TP .I /etc/trinity/tdm/Xsession script to run as user after login of user .TP .I /etc/trinity/tdm/Xsetup script to run as root before the login dialog appears .sp 1 this script can be edited to disable or modify the running of \fBxconsole\fP on the tdm greeter screen .TP .I /etc/trinity/tdm/Xstartup script to run as root before session starts .TP .I /etc/trinity/tdm/Xwilling output of this script is displayed in the chooser window .SH SEE ALSO .BR tdm.options (5),\ tdmctl (1),\ tdm_config (1),\ tdm_greet (1),\ startx (1),\ X (7x),\ xconsole (1),\ xdm (1) .TP .I /opt/trinity/share/doc/tdm/README.gz Information about \fBtdm\fP and its options .sp 1 .RE Full user documentation is available through the TDE Help Center. You can also enter the URL .BR help:/tdm/ directly into konqueror or you can run .BR "khelpcenter help:/tdm/" from the command\-line. .br .SH AUTHORS .nf Steffen Hansen <hansen@kde.org> .br Thomas Tanghus <tanghus@earthling.net> .br Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi@kde.org> .br .fi Please use http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org to report bugs; do not mail the authors directly. .PP This manual page was written by Holger Hartmann <Holger_Hartmann@gmx.de> for the Debian Project, but may be used by others. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. .PP On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common\-licenses/GPL.