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| author | Tomas Pospisek <tpo_hp@sourcepole.ch> | 2018-06-25 21:16:33 +0200 |
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| committer | Robert Ancell <robert.ancell@gmail.com> | 2018-06-26 09:53:28 +1200 |
| commit | 005f2c74ef2c3b5bc69d863b9883f94e39839624 (patch) | |
| tree | 631e9d491aa43b58c55b4142c83989ed6294e1db | |
| parent | 3463da5938321026bd1740d4096ff48a9b770fed (diff) | |
| download | lightdm-git-005f2c74ef2c3b5bc69d863b9883f94e39839624.tar.gz | |
document the XDG_SEAT_PATH environment variable
Fixes: https://github.com/CanonicalLtd/lightdm/issues/27
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diff --git a/data/dm-tool.1 b/data/dm-tool.1 index d8aa8bdf..f7d8596b 100644 --- a/data/dm-tool.1 +++ b/data/dm-tool.1 @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ dm-tool \- a tool to control the display manager .SH DESCRIPTION .B dm-tool is a tool to communicate with the LightDM display manager. +.TP .SH OPTIONS .TP .B \-h, \-\-help @@ -58,5 +59,18 @@ Connect an existing X server to the display manager. .TP .B add-seat TYPE [NAME=VALUE...] Add a dynamic seat. +.SH ENVIRONMENT +.TP +.B XDG_SEAT_PATH +Used by dm-tool to determine in which display manager session it's running. When executing +.B dm-tool +outside of a display-manager use its +.B list-seats +command to show active sessions and set the session to connect to with: +.B export XDG_SEAT_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DesktopManager/SeatX +where +.B SeatX +is one of the listed sessions. +. .SH SEE ALSO .BR lightdm (1) |