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Common Desktop Environment: User's Guide 2 Starting a Desktop SessionContents of Chapter: A desktop session occurs between the time you log in and the time you log out. The login screen, displayed by the Login Manager, is your gateway to the desktop. It provides a place for you to type your login name and password. The Options menu on the login screen lists your login options. In addition to running a desktop session, you can run a failsafe session. You can also select the language for your session. Starting and Ending a Desktop SessionA desktop session starts when you log in. Session Manager is started after Login Manager authenticates your login and password.Session Manager provides the ability to manage sessions--to remember the state of your most recent session and return you there the next time you log in. Session Manager saves and restores:
To Log In to a Desktop Session
To Log OutWhen you log out of a regular desktop session, Session Manager saves information about your current session so that it can be restored the next time you log in. Information about non-desktop applications may not be saved.To Use a Session in a Different Language
Starting a Failsafe SessionA failsafe session is a session that starts a single Terminal window (and optionally Workspace Manager). It is useful when you need access to a single Terminal window to execute several commands before logging in to a desktop session.To Log In to a Failsafe Session
To Log Out of a Failsafe SessionType the exit command in a Terminal window.Starting a Command-Line SessionCommand Line Login mode enables you to temporarily leave the desktop to work in your operating system enviroment. Command Line Login mode is not a desktop session. When your system is in Command Line Login mode, the desktop is suspended. You log in using your operating system mechanism rather than Login Manager. There are no windows because the X server is not running.To Log In to and Out of a Command-Line SessionNote: Certain types of configurations (for example, X terminals) do not provide a Command Line Login mode option. To enter Command Line Login mode:
Type exit at a command-line prompt. Using a Home SessionOrdinarily, the desktop saves session information when you log out and uses that information to start your next session. If you start or stop applications during your session, or use Style Manager to change the appearance and behavior of your system, changes you make are reflected in your next session. This type of session is called a current session.The desktop also provides a home session. A home session is a session that you explicitly save. It's like taking a snapshot of your current session at some point in time. Once you've saved a home session, you can specify that logging in always restores that session instead of the current session. To Save a Home Session
To Automatically Start the Home Session at Login
To Choose between the Current and Home Session for Each Session
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