GDM: Difference between revisions

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GNOME Display Manager (GDM) is a default display manager of GNOME desktop environment, but can be used independently as well.

Installation

GDM can be enabled as the display manager with this line.

❄︎ /etc/nixos/configuration.nix

services.displayManager.gdm.enable = true;

Configuration

❄︎ /etc/nixos/configuration.nix

services.displayManager.gdm = {
  enable = true;
};

# Enable autologin
services.displayManager.autoLogin = {
    enable = true;
    user = "username";
  };

# Graphical session to pre-select 
services.displayManager.defaultSession = "gnome";

Tips and tricks

Troubleshooting

References

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-https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GDM
+[https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm GNOME Display Manager (GDM)] is a default [[display manager]] of [[GNOME]] [[:Category:Desktop environment|desktop environment]], but can be used independently as well.
-https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GDM
+== Installation ==
+GDM can be enabled as the display manager with this line.
+{{File|3=services.displayManager.gdm.enable = true;|name=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|lang=nix}}
+== Configuration ==
+{{File|3=services.displayManager.gdm = {
+  enable = true;
+};
+# Enable autologin
+services.displayManager.autoLogin = {
+    enable = true;
+    user = "username";
+  };
+# Graphical session to pre-select
+services.displayManager.defaultSession = "gnome";|name=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|lang=nix}}
+== Tips and tricks ==
+== Troubleshooting ==
+== See also ==
+There is currently no comprehensive documentation for gdm, hence, here is a list of few decent places to get info or ask questions specific to GDM/Gnome.
+* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GDM GDM on ArchWiki]
+* [https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/desktop_migration_and_administration_guide/gdm GDM docs by RedHat]
+* [https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm GDM repository on GitLab]
+* [https://help.gnome.org/system-admin-guide/login.html help.gnome.org]
+* [https://matrix.to/#/#pages:gnome.org Gnome on Matrix]
+* [https://discourse.gnome.org Gnome Discourse]
+== References ==
 [[Category:Display Manager]]
 [[Category:GNOME]]