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176 Start-Up<br />

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

on your system. For GNOME, it is GDM. The login screen has the following items:<br />

Login Prompt<br />

Enter your username and password to log in.<br />

Language menu<br />

Specify the language to use in your session.<br />

Session menu<br />

Specify the desktop to run. If other desktops are installed, they appear in the list.<br />

Make changes only if you want to use a session type other than your default (usually<br />

GNOME). Future sessions are automatically <strong>of</strong> the same type unless you change<br />

the session type manually.<br />

Reboot<br />

Restarts the computer.<br />

Shut Down<br />

Shuts down the computer.<br />

7.1.1 Controlling a Session<br />

After your username and password are authenticated, the Session Manager starts. The<br />

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

the state <strong>of</strong> your most recent session and return to that session the next 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 />

TIP: 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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