DTCONFIG(1)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so welcome to the dtconfig(user cmd) manual, bestie — this whole page is about dtconfig, the desktop configuration utility. 💻✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

dtconfig [-d  | -e  | -kill  | -reset  | -p ]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so dtconfig is the desktop configuration utility, and its whole thing is integrating CDE with the operating system of the underlying platform. 🌈 lowkey iconic.

real talk though: system root login privilege is required to use dtconfig — that part is not a vibe check you can skip. 🔐

🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

• -d — disables the desktop auto-start feature. at the end of the boot cycle, the platform's native text based login mechanism will be used. 🖥️
• -e — enables the desktop auto-start feature. the desktop login window will display at the end of the platform's boot cycle. 🪟✨
• -kill — kills the desktop (window based) login process and any user sessions associated with it, then returns control to the system's native text based console. 💀
• -reset — tells the desktop (window based) login process to reread its configuration files so it can incorporate any changes. 🔄
• -p — printer actions for any printer known to the platform will be created if those print actions do not already exist in the platform's actions database. this option is executed automatically at boot time if desktop auto-start has been enabled. 🖨️

🫶 RETURN 🫶

• 0 — successful completion ✅
• >0 — error condition 💀

🦋 FILES 🦋

• /nix/store/6waxpwr8lzfzc9ka48gl7yh60rqvlkdb-cde-2.5.3/bin/dtconfig — location of the dtconfig utility. 📁

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• dtlogin(1)
• dtprintinfo(1)

💅 NOTES 💅

okay so important plot twist: the dtconfig script is an optional utility in the CDE. 😭 it may not be present on all platforms offering this desktop. in such cases, see platform specific documentation for further information — alternate mechanisms may have been supplied. 🧚

also: all dtconfig options may not be present on all platforms. and running dtconfig without options will list the available options for the platform. periodt. ✨

🚨 caveat check: optional script, might be missing on some platforms, options might not all be there, and alternates may exist — platform specific docs are your bestie here.

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