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Old 03-22-2010, 12:54 AM   #1
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How to make your own Display Manager? How do they work?


Is there somewhere an instruction on how to make my own display manager like gdm, kdm... and how do they work?
 
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You could inspect the source code. xdm is simpler than gdm and kdm so should be an easier place to start. The xdm 1.1.9 source code is here.
 
  


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