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Package: xdm (1:1.1.8-5)

X display manager

xdm manages a collection of X servers, which may be on the local host or remote machines. It provides services similar to those provided by init, getty, and login on character-based terminals: prompting for login name and password, authenticating the user, and running a session. xdm supports XDMCP (X Display Manager Control Protocol) and can also be used to run a chooser process which presents the user with a menu of possible hosts that offer XDMCP display management.

If the sessreg package is installed, xdm can use the sessreg utility to register login sessions to the system utmp file; this, however, is not necessary for xdm to function.

xdm requires the C preprocessor (cpp) to process its configuration files.

Tags: User Interface: Daemon, Networking: Server, Role: Program, Interface Toolkit: Athena Widgets, X Window System: Login Manager

Other Packages Related to xdm

  • depends
  • recommends
  • suggests
  • dep: x11-common (>= 1:7.0.0)
    X Window System (X.Org) infrastructure
  • dep: cpp
    The GNU C preprocessor (cpp)
  • dep: debconf (>= 1.2.9)
    Debian configuration management system
    or debconf-2.0
    virtual package provided by cdebconf, cdebconf-udeb, debconf
  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) [not alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.7-1) [alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • dep: libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0)
    X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
  • dep: libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1)
    Pluggable Authentication Modules library
  • dep: libselinux1 (>= 2.0.59)
    SELinux shared libraries
  • dep: libsm6
    X11 Session Management library
  • dep: libx11-6
    X11 client-side library
  • dep: libxau6
    X11 authorisation library
  • dep: libxaw7
    X11 Athena Widget library
  • dep: libxdmcp6
    X11 Display Manager Control Protocol library
  • dep: libxext6
    X11 miscellaneous extension library
  • dep: libxft2 (>> 2.1.1)
    FreeType-based font drawing library for X
  • dep: libxinerama1
    X11 Xinerama extension library
  • dep: libxmu6
    X11 miscellaneous utility library
  • dep: libxpm4
    X11 pixmap library
  • dep: libxrender1
    X Rendering Extension client library
  • dep: libxt6
    X11 toolkit intrinsics library
  • dep: lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
    Linux Standard Base 3.2 init script functionality
  • dep: x11-utils
    X11 utilities
    or xbase-clients
    miscellaneous X clients - metapackage
    or xmessage
    Package not available
  • sug: sessreg
    Package not available
    or xutils
    X Window System utility programs metapackage

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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 204.3 kB848 kB [list of files]
amd64 194.2 kB812 kB [list of files]
arm 189.3 kB784 kB [list of files]
armel 187.3 kB784 kB [list of files]
hppa 197.5 kB796 kB [list of files]
i386 188.8 kB1032 kB [list of files]
ia64 231.7 kB956 kB [list of files]
mips 195.0 kB828 kB [list of files]
mipsel 195.8 kB828 kB [list of files]
powerpc 201.2 kB816 kB [list of files]
s390 199.0 kB808 kB [list of files]
sparc 188.5 kB792 kB [list of files]