On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Is the display manager only a login screen? Or is it also the backbone >> of the desktop manager? >> >> Could you please elaborate a bit on this? I have searched on Google >> for it, and got the impression that a display manager is not more than >> a login screen. > > A display manager manages displays (duh!), since you can have more than > one and they might have different specs and be located in different > places. A typical function is to fire up a login screen, which provides > the entry point to a desktop manager (often selectable). However the > display manager doesn't participate in this beyond detecting when the > desktop manager terminates and putting up a new login screen. > > For more detail, you need to read up on the X Window System. This is not > a specifically Linux thing. In fact it's not strictly even a Unix thing. Thanks, Patrick, for your clarification. If a display manager provides only a login screen, then what is the point of discussing whether a display manager is lightweight or not, as the ongoing discussion on the this list? Paul -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
