Starting a Session

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Logging in to the desktop begins your session. The login screen is a gateway to the Oracle Solaris Desktop.

Note - Logging out ends the session, but you can choose to save the state of your session and restore it next time you use the desktop. For more information about restoring a session, see Setting Programs to Start Automatically When You Log In.

How to Log In to the Desktop

On the login screen, click Session. Choose GNOME from the list of available desktop environments.
Type the username in the Username field, and then press Return.
Type the password in the Password field, and then press Return.
The first time you log in, the session manager starts a new session. If you have logged in before and saved the settings for the previous session, then the session manager restores your previous session.
If you want to shut down or restart the system before you log in, click System on the login screen. Select the relevant option from the dialog, and then click OK.

How to Use a Different Language

On the login screen, click Language. Choose the required language from the list of available languages.
Type the username in the Username field, and then press Return.
Type the password in the Password field, and then press Return.

How to Use a Different Keyboard Layout

When you log in to a session using a different language, the user interface language is changed and not the keyboard layout.

On the login screen, type your username in the Username field, and then press Return.
Click the Keyboard icon that appears at the bottom of the login screen, and choose the required keyboard layout from the list of available layouts.
Type the password in the Password field, and then press Return.

See also

After logging in, you can also choose a different keyboard layout using the Keyboard preference tool. For more information about the Keyboard preference tool, see Keyboard.