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138 Start-Up<br />

boot. In this case, you do not see any login screen. This feature, called auto<br />

login, can be enabled or disabled during installation or at any time using the<br />

YaST user management module.<br />

The program managing the login process depends on the desktop environment installed<br />

on your system. For KDE, it is KDM.<br />

The KDM login screen has input fields for username and password and the following<br />

menu items:<br />

Session Type<br />

Specifies the desktop to run when you log in. If desktops other than KDE are installed,<br />

they appear in the list. Make changes only if you want to use a session type<br />

other than your default (usually KDE). Future sessions are automatically <strong>of</strong> the<br />

same type unless you change the session type manually.<br />

System<br />

Performs a system action, such as shutting down the computer or starting different<br />

login actions. Remote Login enables you to log in on a remote machine.<br />

5.1.1 Controlling a Session<br />

The Session Manager starts after your username and password are authenticated by the<br />

login process. The Session Manager lets you save certain settings for each session. It<br />

also lets you save the state <strong>of</strong> your most recent session and return to that status the next<br />

time you log in.<br />

The Session Manager can save and restore the following settings:<br />

• Appearance and behavior settings, such as fonts, colors, and mouse settings.<br />

• Applications that you were running, such as a file manager or OpenOffice.org.<br />

IMPORTANT: Saving and Restoring Applications<br />

You cannot save and restore applications that Session Manager does not<br />

manage. For example, if you start the vi editor from the command line in<br />

a terminal window, Session Manager cannot restore your editing session.

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