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. login screen 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. A 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: The appearance and behavior settings – for example, fonts, colors, and mouse settings. The window applications that were running – for example, your File Manager and Text Editor windows. Certain types of applications can't be saved and restored by Session Manager. For example, if you start the vi editor from a command line in a Terminal window, Session Manager cannot restore your editing session. Type your login name and press Return or click OK. logging in Type your password and press Return or click OK. desktop session If Login Manager does not recognize your name or password, click Start Over and start the log in process over again. Once you've logged in, Session Manager starts a session: If this is the first time you've logged in, you'll get a new session. If you've logged in before, your previous session will be restored. Click the Exit control in the Front Panel. logging out Front Panel Exit control Exit control Or, choose Log out from the Workspace menu. When 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. Choose Language from the Options menu on the login screen. language, setting for desktop session Choose the language group that includes the language you need. Select a language. Log in. The default language for your system is set by your system administrator. The Options menu enables you to access other languages. Choosing a language in the Options menu sets the LANG environment variable for your session. The default language is restored at the end of the session. failsafe session A 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. Choose Session from the Options menu. Choose Failsafe Session from the Session submenu. Log in. Type the exit command in a Terminal window. Command Line Login mode enables you to temporarily leave the desktop to work in your operating system environment. 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. Command Line Login mode definition of Certain types of configurations (for example, X terminals) do not provide a Command Line Login mode option. To enter Command Line Login mode: Command Line Login mode logging in to Command Line Login mode exiting starting Command Line Login Mode Choose Command Line Login from the Options menu. The login screen disappears and is replaced by a console prompt. Supply your login and password as prompted. To leave Command Line Login mode: Type exit at a command-line prompt. Ordinarily, 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. current session definition of home session definition of session current session home 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. Click the Style Manager control in the Front Panel. home session setting Click the Startup control in Style Manager. The Startup dialog box is displayed. Click Set Home Session in the Startup dialog box. Click OK in the confirmation dialog box that appears. This saves the current state of your session. Click the Style Manager control in the Front Panel. home session starting automatically at login starting home session automatically at login Click the Startup control in Style Manager. The Startup dialog box is displayed. Select Return to Home session. Click OK. When you choose Return to Home session, Session Manager will not save your session at logout. On the Login screen, click the Options button. session determining at login Click Session. The Session menu lists the available sessions: Current Starts your most recent session. Home Starts your home session (if you set one). display-name - Current Creates a new session specific to your display and starts your display-specific home session (if you created one), your generic home session (if one exists), or a new user session. display-name - Home Creates a new session specific to your display and starts either your generic home session (if one exists) or a new user session. Failsafe Session Starts a failsafe session. Click on the session you want to start.