How to setup CDM (Console Display Manager)

Question

Hi there,
I installed CDM and to check if this is working I installed 3 WM, fluxbox (my default), compiz, awesome.
Now, after logging into console, when I run "cdm /etc/cdmrc", it throws a black screen and then returns back to console. I believe there is something wrong with my cdmrc. Please suggest.
Here is my cdmrc:
#!/bin/bash
# Example config file for cdm(1).
# Values set here is the default as in cdm(1).
# List of programs, commands with whitespaces should be quoted or escaped.
# If unset, all sessions in /etc/X11/Sessions are offered as choices.
# (An example:)
# binlist=(
# '~/.xsession' # Launch your X session,
# '/bin/bash --login' # or just execute your shell,
# '/usr/bin/fbterm' # or start a frame buffer console,
# '/usr/bin/cdm ~/.submenu.cdmrc' # or go to a submenu :)
binlist=("~/.xsession")
# List all program display names, one-by-one matched with $binlist.
# Names with whitespaces should be quoted or escaped.
# (Continued example:)
# namelist=('X session' Console FBTerm 'Sub menu')
namelist=("X session")
# Type of the programs, one-by-one matched with $binlist.
# `C' for *C*onsole programs, which would be `exec'ed.
# `X' for *X* programs, which would be run with cdm-xlaunch(1).
# (Continued example:)
# flaglist=(X C C C)
flaglist=(X)
# Style for the cdm dialog, which is printed with dialog(1).
# Default to unset, causing dialog(1) to use the system wide default.
# See /usr/share/doc/cdm/themes for some nice choices.
dialogrc="default"
# Index of the first item in the menu.
countfrom=0
# Set default display.
display=0
# Where should the first X tty be spawned?
# special value `keep' causes to run X in current tty.
xtty="keep"
# Should cdm(1) stick to the specified display?
locktty=no
# Use ConsoleKit for X session?
consolekit=no
# Timeout for waiting for X session to register with ConsoleKit.
cktimeout=30
# Additional arguments to pass to X server, which is usually called as:
# /usr/bin/X :$display "${serverargs[@]}" vt$((xtty+display))
# Arguments with whitespaces should be quoted or escaped.
serverargs=(-nolisten tcp)

Answer 1

bgc1954 wrote:Have you actually read the cdm wiki page?  I don't use cdm but the wiki looks straightforwared enough.
Yes, I did.  The wiki, https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CDM is asking to edit cdmrc as was recommended in the previous thread.
To be frank, I could not understand what it means by "If you use systemd, see Systemd#Power_Management."
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sy … management
I don't see  anything there.