Switching Desktops; Locking Your Screen; Logging Out; Section 1.2, "Logging Out - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 - GNOME 19-06-2006 Manual

After your username and password are authenticated, the Session Manager starts. The Session
Manager lets you save certain settings for each session. It also lets you save the state of your most
recent session and return to that session the next time you log in.
The Session Manager can save and restore the following settings:
• Appearance and behavior settings, such as fonts, colors, and mouse settings.
• Applications that you were running. such as a file manager or an OpenOffice.org program.
For information on configuring session preferences, see

1.1.2 Switching Desktops

If you installed both the GNOME and the KDE desktops, use the following instructions to switch
desktops.
1 Click Computer > Logout > OK.
2 On the SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop login screen, click Session.
3 Select the desktop you want (GNOME or KDE), then click OK.
4 Type your username, then press Enter.
5 Type your password, then press Enter.

1.1.3 Locking Your Screen

To lock the screen, you can do either of the following:
• Click Computer > Lock Screen.
• If the Lock button is present on a panel, click it.
When you lock your screen, the screen saver starts. To lock your screen correctly, you must have a
screen saver enabled. To unlock the screen, move your mouse to display the locked screen dialog.
Enter your username and password, then press Enter.
For information on configuring your screen saver, see

1.2 Logging Out

When you are finished using the computer, click Computer > Logout. Then select one of the
following:
• Log out
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TIP: You cannot save and restore applications that Session Manager does not manage. For
example, if you start the vi editor from the command line in a terminal window, Session
Manager cannot restore your editing session.
In KDE, click N > Logout > Logout.
To add the Lock button to a panel, right-click the panel and then click Add to Panel > Actions >
Lock.
Logs you out of the current session and returns you to the Login dialog.
"Managing Sessions" on page
"Configuring the Screen Saver" on page
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