The TDM interface consists of two dialog boxes: a login dialog and a shutdown dialog.
The TDM interface might be protected by the Trinity Secure Access Key (SAK) mechanism. When the SAK is enabled, users are prompted to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to obtain access to the TDM interface.
The main login dialog box has these controls:
A Username: field for you to enter your username.
A Password: field for you to enter your password.
(Optionally) a graphical image of each user (for example, a digitized photograph). Clicking on an image is equivalent to typing the associated username into the Username: field. (This feature is an imitation of the login box on IRIX®).
A Menu drop down box that allows TDM to be used to start sessions with various different window managers or desktop environments installed on the system.
(Optionally) a region to the right of the Username:, Password: and Session Type: fields which can be used to display either a static image or an analog clock.
A button that validates the username/password combination and attempts to start a session of the selected type.
A button that clears the text from the Login and Pass fields.
A button that opens an action menu with the following items:
(On local displays) A item that terminates the currently running X-Server, starts a new one and displays the login dialog again. You can use this if the display content seems to be broken somehow.
(On remote displays) A item that closes the connection to the XDMCP server you are currently connected to. If you got to this server through a host chooser, this will bring you back to the chooser, otherwise it will only reset the X-Server and bring up the login dialog again.
(Optionally on local displays) A item that terminates the currently running X-Server and leaves you alone with a console login. TDM will resume the graphical login if nobody is logged in at the console for some time.
(Optionally) A button that displays the Shutdown dialog box.
The Shutdown dialog box presents a set of radio buttons that allow one of these options to be selected:
Shut the system down in a controlled manner, ready for power-down.
Shut the system down and reboot. For systems that use Lilo, an optional drop down box allows you to select a particular operating-system kernel to be used for the reboot.
Stop and then restart the X-server. Typically, you might need to use this option if you have changed your X11 configuration in some way.
Stop the X-Server and return the system to console mode. This is achieved by bringing the system down to runlevel 3. Typically, the system manager might need to use this option before upgrading or re-configuring X11 software.
Pressing the button initiates the selected action; pressing the button returns to the main TDM dialog box.
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