GNOME Display Manager

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GNOME Display Manager

GDM's setup window
Developer:	GNOME Team
Latest release:	2.16.3 / 22 November 2006
Preview release:	2.17.3 / 4 December 2006
OS:	Linux, Solaris, BSD, other Unix-like
Use:	X display manager
License:	GPL
Website:	gnome.org/projects/gdm

GDM (the GNOME Display Manager) provides an alternate display manager for the X Window System.

The X Window System by default uses the XDM display manager. However, resolving XDM configuration issues typically involves editing a configuration file. GDM allows users to customize or troubleshoot settings without having to resort to a command line. Users can pick their session type on a per-login basis. GDM also features easy customisation with themes.

1 Trivia
- 1.1 Queen of England
- 1.2 Easter Eggs
2 External links
3 References
4 See also

[edit] Trivia

[edit] Queen of England

Some of the copyright notices of GDM reference the "Queen of England", who is also named as a maintainer in release announcements since version 2.2.1.^[1] It was only later that the developers realised that there has been no "Queen of England" since the Acts of Union of 1707.^[2]

[edit] Easter Eggs

GDM has a few easter eggs, in the form of strings to be entered in the username box. These can be found in the source file "gui/guilogin.c", in a function named "evil".^[3]

Dancing login - type "Start Dancing" to start, and "Stop Dancing" to stop. (This requires the standard greeter, rather than the graphical one).
"Gimme Random Cursor" - can be used repeatedly.
"Require Quarter" (or "Require Quater", for backwards compatibility with a typo in the original),^[4] then log in normally - a dialog box appears after entering the password.