LPI Linux Certification/Setup A Display Manager

Detailed Objective

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Description:
Candidates should be able setup and customize a display manager. This objective covers the display managers XDM (X Display Manger), GDM (Gnome Display Manager) and KDM (KDE Display Manager).

• Key knowledge area(s):
  • Turn the display manager on or off.
  • Change the display manager greeting.
  • Change default color depth for the display manager.
  • Configure display managers for use by X-stations.

• The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
  • /etc/inittab
  • xdm configuration files
  • kdm configuration files
  • gdm configuration files

Exercises

• Exercises results