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User Commands                                   gdmflexiserver(1)



NAME
     gdmflexiserver - Runs flexible (on demand) X servers

SYNOPSIS
     gdmflexiserver  [--authenticate]   [--command=command]   [--
     debug]  [--help]  [--monte-carlo-pi] [--no-lock] [--version]
     [--xnest]

DESCRIPTION
     gdmflexiserver is primarily used to run flexible (on demand)
     X  servers  via  the  virtual  terminal interface.  gdmflex-
     iserver allows a user to log in once and then  quits.   This
     is  useful  if you are logged in as user A, and user B wants
     to log in quickly but user A does not wish to log out.   The
     X  server  ensures that the virtual terminal switching works
     transparently.

     In GDM 2.20 and  earlier,  gdmflexiserver  was  the  primary
     interface  for  starting flexible X server sessions.  In the
     current version of GDM, the "User Switcher" panel applet  is
     more  typically  used  for this purpose when using the GNOME
     desktop.  The gdmflexiserver interface is provided for back-
     wards  compatibility  purposes,  and to provide an interface
     for starting flexible X server sessions when not  using  the
     GNOME desktop.

     Many of the gdmflexiserver options are no  longer  supported
     in  GDM  and are ignored if used.  For example, GDM 2.20 and
     earlier made use of the --command option to  query  informa-
     tion  from  the  GDM  daemon  and  to  control its behavior.
     Current versions of GDM  use  D-Bus  for  this  purpose  and
     gdmflexiserver now only supports the "VERSION" command.

OPTIONS
     The following options are supported:

     -a, --authenticate      Ignored.



     -c, --command=command   Run the specified command.



     -d, --debug             Enable debugging output.



     -h, --help              Display detailed usage message.






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User Commands                                   gdmflexiserver(1)



     --monte-carlo-pi        Easter egg.  Determine the value  of
                             pi using a Monte Carlo simulation.



     -l, --no-lock           Ignored.



     --version               Display GDM version number.



     -n, --xnest             Ignored.



EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
     gdmflexiserver accepts  the  following  with  the  --command
     option:

       +o  VERSION

     Each is described in detail in the following section:

  VERSION
     Description:            Query GDM version



     Supported since:        2.2.4.0



     Arguments:              None



     Answers:                GDM gdm-version



EXAMPLES
     Example 1: To see the GDM version

     example% gdmflexiserver --command=VERSION
     GDM  2.28.1

FILES
     The following files are used by this application:





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     /usr/bin/gdmflexiserver         Executable for Run  flexible
                                     (on demand) X servers.



ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | system/display-manager/gdm  |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Interface stability         | Volatile                    |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     Latest version of the GNOME  Desktop  User  Guide  for  your
     platform.

     gdmdynamic(1),  gdm-screenshot(1),  gdm(1m),   gdm-stop(1m),
     attributes(5)

NOTES
     Original  man   page   written   by   Martin   K.   Petersen
     ,  George  Lebl  .  Copyright (c)
     1998, 1999 by Martin  K.   Petersen.   Copyright  (c)  2001,
     2003,  2004  by  George Lebl. Copyright (c) 2003 by Red Hat,
     Inc.

     Updated by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004, 2006,
     2009.





















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