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gdmflexiserver(1) User Commands 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:

· 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(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │system/display-manager/gdm │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface stability │Volatile │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.

gdmdynamic(1), gdm-screenshot(1), gdm(1m), gdm-stop(1m), attributes(5)

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.

SunOS 5.11 20 Oct 2009 gdmflexiserver(1)

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