Introduction to Sessions
A session occurs between the time that a user logs in to
the GNOME Desktop and the time that the user logs out. The session manager
starts after the Login Manager authenticates the
user. The session manager enables the user to manage the session. For example,
a user can save the state of a session and return to that session the next
time that the user logs in.
At a minimum, the following applications run in a session:
The session manager, gnome-session.
The GConf X settings daemon, gnome-settings-daemon.
The gnome-panel application, which
runs the panels in the GNOME Desktop.
The Metacity window manager.
