What is the "thinnest" display manager available?

[Yuri]

On 11/25/2013 23:32, Lena at lena.kiev.ua wrote:
> ttyv7   "/usr/libexec/getty lenaPc"             cons25r on  secure
> ttyv8   "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon"          xterm   off secure
> ttyv9   "/usr/libexec/getty lenaPc"             cons25r on  secure

Lena,

This method of launching of DM is obsolete and not recommended.
Normally they are launched through /etc/rc.d script. I remember running 
in some bad issue exactly because of such ttys misuse, but don't 
remember specifics.

Yuri