GNOME/GDM

GDM is gnomes graphical login display manager.

= gdm2 =

masking gdm3
making any gdm newer than or equal to v3.0.0 will keep you from pulling in gdm3

OpenRC
To start gdm upon boot:

To start gdm immediately:

systemd
the systemd unit file is misplaced as of 1/6/2014.

To start gdm upon boot:

To start gdm immediately:

= gdm3 =

Gdm3 only works under systemd.

To start gdm upon boot:

To start gdm immediately:

Acknowledgements
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