Console TDM
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Console TDM is an extension for xorg-xinit written in pure bash. It is inspired by CDM, which aimed to be a replacement of display managers such as GDM.
Installation
Install the console-tdmAUR package (console-tdm-gitAUR package for the development version).
Now ensure no other display managers get started by disabling their systemd services.
After installing Console TDM, you should modify your ~/.bash_profile, and add a line
source /usr/bin/tdm
If you use zsh, add to your ~/.zprofile the following line
bash /usr/bin/tdm
or
tdm
and edit your ~/.xinitrc, replace your exec lines with
exec tdm --xstart
Configuration
You should copy the links to your WM/DE starter to ~/.tdm/sessions, and links to non-X programs to ~/.tdm/extra. For convenience, you can just run tdmctl init
.
The use of the program tdmctl
is much like systemctl, and it's a powerful tool to configure Console TDM.
You can customize Console TDM by editing ~/.tdm/tdminit
.