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Display Manager

A display manager, or login manager, is a graphical interface screen that is displayed at the end of the boot process in place of the default shell. There are various types of display managers, just as there are various types of window and desktop managers. There is usually a certain amount of customization and themeability available with these managers.


Installation

Choose and install a preferred display manager:

Note: It is best practice, but not required, to choose the display manager that corresponds to your desktop environment. Typically SLiM or LXDM is preferred if there is not a corresponding desktop environment.

XDM: X Display Manager

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# pacman -S xdm


GDM: GNOME Display Manager

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# pacman -S gdm


KDM: KDE Display Manager

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# pacman -S kdm


SLiM: Simple Login Manager (and used for XFCE)

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# pacman -S slim


LXDM: LXDE Login Manager

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# pacman -S lxdm


Checking

Check into /etc/sysconfig/desktop file if you have only uncommented line is the one related to the display manager you want.

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