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Package: gdm (2.20.5-2 and others)

GNOME Display Manager

gdm provides the equivalent of a "login:" prompt for X displays- it pops up a login window and starts an X session.

It provides all the functionality of xdm, including XDMCP support for managing remote displays.

The greeting window is written using the GNOME libraries and hence looks like a GNOME application- even to the extent of supporting themes! By default, the greeter is run as an unprivileged user for security.

Tags: System Administration: Login, User Interface: Daemon, Networking: Server, Role: Program, Security: Authentication, Application Suite: GNOME, Interface Toolkit: GTK, Purpose: Login, X Window System: Login Manager

Other Packages Related to gdm

  • depends
  • recommends
  • suggests
  • rec: gdm-themes
    Themes for the GNOME Display Manager
  • rec: whiptail
    Displays user-friendly dialog boxes from shell scripts
    or dialog
    Displays user-friendly dialog boxes from shell scripts
  • rec: xserver-xephyr [not hurd-i386]
    nested X server
    or xnest
    Nested X server
  • rec: xserver-xorg [not hurd-i386]
    the X.Org X server
  • rec: zenity
    Display graphical dialog boxes from shell scripts
  • sug: apmd [hurd-i386]
    Utilities for Advanced Power Management (APM)
  • sug: libpam-gnome-keyring [not hurd-i386]
    PAM module to unlock the GNOME keyring upon login
  • sug: locales
    GNU C Library: National Language (locale) data [support]
    also a virtual package provided by belocs-locales-data, locales-all
  • sug: msttcorefonts [hurd-i386]
    Installer for Microsoft TrueType core fonts
  • sug: uswsusp [not hurd-i386]
    tools to use userspace software suspend provided by Linux

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Download for all available architectures
Architecture Version Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 2.20.5-2 4,625.3 kB16280 kB [list of files]
amd64 2.20.5-2 4,579.1 kB14563 kB [list of files]
arm 2.20.5-2 4,515.2 kB15680 kB [list of files]
armel 2.20.5-2 4,532.7 kB15704 kB [list of files]
hppa 2.20.5-2 4,600.7 kB15820 kB [list of files]
hurd-i386 2.16.4-1.1 3,913.9 kB12544 kB [list of files]
i386 2.20.5-2 4,522.3 kB14420 kB [list of files]
ia64 2.20.5-2 4,798.3 kB17064 kB [list of files]
kfreebsd-amd64 (unofficial port) 2.20.5-2 4,576.4 kB15106 kB [list of files]
kfreebsd-i386 (unofficial port) 2.20.5-2 4,521.1 kB14876 kB [list of files]
m68k 2.20.5-2 4,496.8 kB15724 kB [list of files]
mips 2.20.5-2 4,553.8 kB16120 kB [list of files]
mipsel 2.20.5-2 4,539.1 kB16120 kB [list of files]
powerpc 2.20.5-2 4,628.3 kB15960 kB [list of files]
s390 2.20.5-2 4,609.8 kB15896 kB [list of files]
sparc 2.20.5-2 4,557.1 kB15768 kB [list of files]