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.

gdm and gdm-binary Command Line Options
-?, --help

Gives a brief overview of the command line options.

--fatal-warnings

Make all warnings cause GDM to exit.

--timed-exit

Exit after 30 seconds. Useful for debugging.

--version

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.

6.1.3. gdm-safe-restart Command Line Options

gdm-safe-restart stops and restarts GDM by sending the GDM daemon a USR1 signal. GDM will be restarted as soon as all users log out.

6.1.4. gdm-stop Command Line Options

gdm-stop stops GDM by sending the GDM daemon a TERM signal.