Arch Linux global navigation bar Home Packages Forums Wiki Bugs AUR Download #archnavbar From ArchWiki Jump to: navigation , search start content Related articles Desktop environment Window manager Start X at login A display manager , or login manager, is typically a graphical user interface that is displayed at the end of the boot process in place of the default shell. There are various implementations of display managers, just as there are various types of window managers and desktop environments . There is usually a certain amount of customization and themeability available with each one. 1 List of display managers 1.1 Console 1.2 Graphical 2 Loading the display manager 2.1 Using systemd-logind 3 Session configuration 3.1 Run ~/.xinitrc as a session 3.2 Starting applications without a window manager 4 Tips and tricks 4.1 Autostarting 4.2 Se...