GDM Commands
6.1. GDM Root User Commands
The GDM package provides the following commands in sbindir intended to be run by the root user:
6.1.1. gdm and gdm-binary Command Line Options
The gdm command is really just a script which runs the gdm-binary, passing along any options. Before launching gdm-binary, the gdm wrapper script will source the <etc>/profile file to set the standard system environment variables. In order to better support internationalization, it will also set the LC_MESSAGES environment variable to LANG if neither LC_MESSAGES or LC_ALL are set. The gdm-binary is the actual GDM daemon.
- -?, --help
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Gives a brief overview of the command line options.
- --fatal-warnings
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Make all warnings cause GDM to exit.
- --timed-exit
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Exit after 30 seconds. Useful for debugging.
- --version
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Print the version of the GDM daemon.
6.1.2. gdm-restart Command Line Options
gdm-restart stops and restarts GDM by sending the GDM daemon a HUP signal. This command will immediately terminate all sessions and log out users currently logged in with GDM.