To configure your desktop session, use
the Sessions
preference tool as described in Configuring Sessions. The Sessions
preference
tool recognizes the following types of application:
Applications that are session-managed
When you save the settings for your session, the session manager saves all of the session-managed applications. If you log out, then log in again, the session manager automatically starts the session-managed applications.
Applications that are not session-managed
When you save the settings for your session, the session manager does
not save any applications that are not session-managed. If you log out, then
log in again, the session manager does not start non-session-managed applications.
You must start such applications manually. Alternatively, you can use the Sessions
preference tool to specify the non-session-managed
applications that you want to start automatically.
To set how a session behaves when you log in
and log out, use the Sessions
preference tool.
Make the changes you require in the Session Options tabbed
section. For example, you can display a splash screen when you log in.
You can configure your sessions to start applications
that are not session-managed. To configure non-session-managed startup applications,
use the Sessions
preference tool. Use the Startup Programs tabbed section to add, edit, and delete applications.
If you save your settings and log out, the startup applications start automatically
the next time that you log in.
To browse the applications in the current session, use the Sessions
preference tool. The Current Session
tabbed section lists the following:
All Java Desktop System applications that are currently running, that can connect to the session manager, and that can save the state of the application.
All preference tools that can connect to the session manager, and that can save the state of the tool.
You can use the Current Session tabbed section to perform a limited number of actions on the session properties of an application or preference tool. For example, you can edit the startup order or restart style of any Java Desktop System application or preference tool that is in the list.
Perform the following steps:
Open the Sessions
preference tool.
Select the Automatically save changes to session option on the Session Options tabbed section.
Close the Sessions
preference tool.
End your session as described in Logging Out.
When you log out, a dialog displays a Save current setup checkbox. If you want to save your current settings, select the Save current setup checkbox, then continue to log out.