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NAME

       kdm - KDE Display Manager

SYNOPSIS

       kdm [options] [tty]

DESCRIPTION

       kdm  is the KDE 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.
       kdm  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.

       kdm  is  a  derivative of xdm. man 1 xdm may provide useful information
       (requires installed xdm). For X-related problems try man 7x X and man 1
       startx.

OPTIONS

       -daemon
              Daemonize even when started by init

       -nodaemon
              Don't daemonize even when started from command line

       -config file
              Use alternative master configuration file

       -xrm res
              Override frontend-specific resource

       -error file
              Use alternative log file

       -debug num
              Debug option bitfield:
                  0x1   - core log
                  0x2   - config reader log
                  0x4   - greeter log
                  0x8   - IPC log
                  0x10  - session sub-daemon post-fork delay
                  0x20  - config reader post-start delay
                  0x40  - greeter post-start delay
                  0x80  - don't use syslog
                  0x100 - core Xauth log
                  0x400 - valgrind config reader and greeter
                  0x800 - strace config reader and greeter

FILES

       /etc/kde4/kdm/backgroundrc
              configuration file with background settings

       /etc/kde4/kdm/kdm.options
              options for X display manager kdm

       /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc
              the kdm configuration file

       /etc/kde4/kdm/Xaccess
              access control file for XDMCP connections

       /etc/kde4/kdm/Xreset
              script to run as root after session exits

       /etc/kde4/kdm/Xsession
              script to run as user after login of user

       /etc/kde4/kdm/Xsetup
              script to run as root before the login dialog appears

              this  script  can  be edited to disable or modify the running of
              xconsole on the kdm greeter screen

       /etc/kde4/kdm/Xstartup
              script to run as root before session starts

       /etc/kde4/kdm/Xwilling
              output of this script is displayed in the chooser window

SEE ALSO

       kdm.options(5), kdmctl(1), kdm_config(1), kdm_greet(1), startx(1), X(7x), xconsole(1), xdm(1)

       /usr/share/doc/kdm/README.gz
              Information about kdm and its options

       Full  user documentation is available through the KDE Help Center.  You
       can also enter the URL help:/kdm/ directly into konqueror  or  you  can
       run khelpcenter help:/kdm/ from the command-line.

AUTHORS

       Steffen Hansen <hansen@kde.org>
       Thomas Tanghus <tanghus@earthling.net>
       Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi@kde.org>

       Please  use http://bugs.kde.org to report bugs; do not mail the authors
       directly.

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