---
name: "sdm-wm"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "sdm"
version: "0.4.1-4"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sdm-wm"
---

# sdm-wm(1)

select a window manager for use with sdm

## NAME

sdm-wm - select a window manager for use with sdm

## SYNOPSIS

**sdm-wm**

## DESCRIPTION

displays a menu of available window managers, and allows you to select the default window manager for use with sdm, defined in  *~/.sdmrc*

**update-alternates**(8) is used to find window managers provided by **x-window-manager**(1). additional window managers may be specified in */etc/sdm/windowmanagers*

## FILES

*~/.sdmrc* */etc/sdm/windowmanagers*

## BUGS

no known bugs at this time.

## AUTHOR

Vagrant Cascadian \<vagrant@freegeek.org\>

## SEE ALSO

[**update-alternatives**(8)](/update-alternatives/8.md), **x-window-manager**(1)