Display manager

A display manager, sometimes known as login manager, presents the user with a graphical login screen to start an X server session.

Available display managers on Gentoo

 * , see LightDM
 * , see SLiM
 * , see LightDM
 * , see SLiM
 * , see LightDM
 * , see SLiM
 * , see LightDM
 * , see SLiM

Auto-starting a display manager at boot
Usually a display manager is started automatically at boot time. The regular Gentoo way is to use OpenRC and manage this as a boot service. First, set the DISPLAYMANAGER variable in to the display manager of your choice. Then add the xdm service to the default runlevel: