Suspending X Sessions

You can suspend an X session at any time if the system administrator has enabled the feature. This feature is helpful if you want to resume your X Window session at a later time. All session settings and opened X applications are saved.

Note: 
 
 
  • If the X application is in the middle of a task, and you want that task to continue while the session is suspended, you must ensure that the Keep Suspended Session Active option is enabled in the Other tab of the Xconfig file. For more information, see Defining Other Settings.
  • Suspended sessions occupy resources on the server. If a large number of sessions are suspended, server performance can be affected.
  • When you suspend a session, Exceed onDemand Server terminates any running OpenGL applications.

To suspend a session, do one of the following:

Related Topics

Displaying the Exceed onDemand Desktop Menu

About Xconfig Settings

Switching Between X Windows and the Native Desktop