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sessiond.1

NAME

sessiond - standalone X session manager

SYNOPSIS

sessiond [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

sessiond is a standalone X session manager that reports the idle status of a session to systemd-logind.service(8) and handles its lock, unlock, sleep, and shutdown signals. sessiond also provides hooks triggered by inactivity or a signal, automatic backlight dimming on idle, and optional management of DPMS settings.

OPTIONS

  • -h, –help

    Show help options.

  • -c, –config=CONFIG

    Path to config file. See sessiond.conf(5) for configuration options.

  • -i, –idle-sec=SEC

    Seconds the session must be inactive before considered idle.

  • -v, –version

    Show version.

DEBUGGING

Running sessiond with the environment variable G_MESSAGES_DEBUG set to “all” will print debug messages.

AUTHOR

James Reed jcrd@sessiond.org

REPORTING BUGS

Bugs and issues can be reported here: https://github.com/jcrd/sessiond/issues

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2018-2020 James Reed. sessiond is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.

SEE ALSO

sessiond.conf(5), sessiond-hooks(5), sessiond-dbus(8), systemd-logind.service(8)