---
name: "update_wdm_wmlist"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "wdm"
version: "1.28-27+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/update_wdm_wmlist"
---

# update\_wdm\_wmlist(8)

updates the window manager list for wdm

## NAME

update\_wdm\_wmlist - updates the window manager list for wdm

## SYNOPSIS

**update\_wdm\_wmlist \[ window managers \]**

## DESCRIPTION

**update\_wdm\_wmlist** uses **update-alternatives** to see which window-managers are available and updates the DisplayManager\*wdmWm resource in the wdm configuration file (*/etc/X11/wdm/wdm-config*)

You can pass a list of window managers as arguments.

## SEE ALSO

[**wdm**(1x)](/wdm/1x.md)

## AUTHOR

The script and this manpage were written by Marcelo Magallon \<mmagallo@debian.org\> ⟨mailto:mmagallo@debian.org⟩ and later rewritten to use update-alternatives by Wichert Akkerman  \<wakkerma@debian.org\>. ⟨mailto:wakkerma@debian.org⟩ wdm was written by Gene Czarcinski \<genec@mindspring.com\> ⟨mailto:genec@mindspring.com⟩.