---
name: "wdmlogin.conf"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "wdm"
version: "1.28-27+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wdmlogin.conf"
---

# wdmlogin.conf(5)

configuration options for wdmLogin

## NAME

wdmlogin.conf - configuration options for wdmLogin

## DESCRIPTION

*/etc/X11/wdm/wdmlogin.conf* specifies geometry and font attributes for wdmLogin, the login widget that is a component of the wdm package.  An alternate location for this file can be specified via the wdmLoginConfig resource in /etc/X11/wdm/wdm.config.

*wdmlogin.conf* uses the somewhat ill-documented libproplist file format.  The file must begin and end with an open- and close-brace, respectively. Between the braces, three options are available:

- geometry = (w, h, x, y);

  If set, this option allows the wdmLogin window to be resized and repositioned within the screen.  The x and y coordinates specify the location of the top left corner of the window and are optional.

- aa = \<yes\|no\>;

  If set to yes, then support for antialiased fonts is enabled.  Note that this is not currently supported by libWINGs in Debian, and thus has no effect.

- multibyte = \<yes\|no\>;

  If set to yes, then support for multibyte character sets is enabled. Note that this is not currently supported by libWINGs in Debian, and thus has no effect.

## EXAMPLE

 {\
         geometry = (530, 240);\
         aa = no;\
         multibyte = no;\
  }

## SEE ALSO

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

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Noah Meyerhans for Debian GNU/Linux. The wdm package was written by a long list of names that can be found in /usr/share/doc/wdm/AUTHORS