This section describes the conventions, layout, and common tasks of the GNOME desktop as implemented in your product.
GNOME is an easy-to-use graphical interface that can be customized to meet your needs and personal preferences. This section describes the default configuration of GNOME. If you or your system administrator modifies the defaults, some aspect might be different, such as appearance or keyboard shortcuts.
If more than one user account is configured on your computer, generally all users must authenticate—unless
is enabled for a specific user. Auto login lets a user automatically log in to the desktop environment when the system starts. This feature can be enabled or disabled during installation or at any time using the YaST User and Group Management module. For more information, refer to Kapitel Verwalten von Benutzern mit YaST (↑Referenz). If your computer is running in a network environment and you are not the only person using the machine, you are usually prompted to enter your username and password when you start the system.The program managing the login process is specific to the desktop environment installed on your system. For GNOME, it is GDM. If the KDE desktop is also installed on your system, it can be KDM.
The GDM login screen has the following items:
If you authenticate against an Active Directory server, choose the Windows* Domain to which you want to login. For all other authentication methods, choose
.Enter to login. Once a username is selected or entered, additional menus become available in the panel:
, or your machine or login to the system. Select an existing user from the list or choose to manually enter a username. Type in the password and pressSelect a language for your session.
Select a keyboard layout for your session.
Select the desktop to run during your session. If other desktops are installed, they appear in the list.
Change display settings such as resolution and refresh rate here.
Configure the use of assistive technologies using this menu. For details please refer to Chapter 4, Assistive Technologies .
A session is the period of time that you are actively logged in. During a session, you can use applications, print, browse the Web and so on.
The login screen offers several login options. For example, you can select the language of your session so that text that appears in the interface is presented in that language.
After your username and password are authenticated, the Session Manager starts. The Session Manager lets you save certain settings from 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.
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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. |
If you installed both the GNOME and the KDE desktops, use the following instructions to switch desktops.
Click
+ + .In KDE, click the
button, then click + .In KDE, click
on the login screen and select the desktop you want. In GNOME, first select or enter a user and then choose a desktop from the menu.Type your username, then press Enter.
Type your password, then press Enter.
To lock the screen, you can do either of the following:
Click
+ .If the
button is present on a panel, click it.To add the
button to a panel, right-click the panel, then click + .When you lock your screen, a screen saver starts, locking the screen. To unlock the screen, move your mouse or press a key to display the locked screen dialog. Enter your password, then press Enter.
For information on configuring your screen saver see Section 3.3.4, “Configuring the Screen Saver”.