Novell SUSE LINUX Professional 9.3 Update 00662644461625 ユーザーズマニュアル
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This chapter focuses on the installed system. It does not cover questions regard-
ing the installation or hardware configuration procedures under SUSE LINUX.
These procedures are covered in-depth in the Administration Guide and some of
the most frequently encountered problems are dealt with in the SUSE LINUX
FAQ at the end of this book.
ing the installation or hardware configuration procedures under SUSE LINUX.
These procedures are covered in-depth in the Administration Guide and some of
the most frequently encountered problems are dealt with in the SUSE LINUX
FAQ at the end of this book.
1.1
Logging In and Out
If your computer is not run in a networking environment and you are the only
person using it, your system automatically boots into the desktop environment.
Once you have started your computer, there is no need for you to authenticate.
This feature, called auto login, is only provided by the KDM display manager,
however. It can be disabled at any time using the YaST user management mod-
ule described in the Administration Guide.
person using it, your system automatically boots into the desktop environment.
Once you have started your computer, there is no need for you to authenticate.
This feature, called auto login, is only provided by the KDM display manager,
however. It can be disabled at any time using the YaST user management mod-
ule described in the Administration Guide.
If more than one user account is configured on your computer, any user must
authenticate. After your SUSE LINUX system has started, you are prompted for
your username and password.
authenticate. After your SUSE LINUX system has started, you are prompted for
your username and password.
Depending on the desktop environment installed, the program managing the lo-
gin process and sessions is either GDM for GNOME desktops or KDM for KDE.
GDM and KDM differ slightly in functionality, which is why they are treated sep-
arately. See Section 1.3 on page 7 for details on the desktop environments or refer
to the separate GNOME or KDE chapters, Chapter 3 on page 47 or Chapter 4 on
page 69.
gin process and sessions is either GDM for GNOME desktops or KDM for KDE.
GDM and KDM differ slightly in functionality, which is why they are treated sep-
arately. See Section 1.3 on page 7 for details on the desktop environments or refer
to the separate GNOME or KDE chapters, Chapter 3 on page 47 or Chapter 4 on
page 69.
1.1.1
Introducing GDM
A GDM login screen consists of two main components, the input field for user-
name and password and a menu. See Figure 1.1 on the facing page.
name and password and a menu. See Figure 1.1 on the facing page.
The menu contains three items:
Language
Select the language to use in the following GNOME session. You may
change the language temporarily for just the next session or set the choice
permanently as your default.
permanently as your default.
Session
Determine the session type (GNOME, KDE, etc.). Change this set-
ting only if you want to use something other than the system default. Fu-
ture sessions will always be of the same type as the initial one, unless you
ture sessions will always be of the same type as the initial one, unless you
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1.1. Logging In and Out