[SOLVED] system failed to save session at shutdown, but retrieved changes after next shutdown - ?!
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system failed to save session at shutdown, but retrieved changes after next shutdown - ?!
I just saw my system do something strange that I can't explain. I shut down, expecting certain changes in my user account (such as the open browser tabs and the contents of the Xfce sticky notes) to be saved, because that always happens. Next time I booted and logged in, I was annoyed to find that the system had disregarded the changes and reverted to what was saved from the previous login.
So, probably to see if this would happen again, I made some changes and then shut down, rebooted and logged in. This was the extremely strange part to me: this time, all the lost changes have reappeared.
So, everything is fine now, but I am left wondering what happened.
yes, i had similar experiences with XFCE.
it used to have an extremely weird session management system (hope that's improved now).
i usually just disabled "save session", otherwise i'd get multiple conky processes starting up and such.
you can have a look at the saved sessions - iirc, they're xml files somewhere in ~/.cache or ~/.config.
yes, i had similar experiences with XFCE.
it used to have an extremely weird session management system (hope that's improved now).
i usually just disabled "save session", otherwise i'd get multiple conky processes starting up and such.
you can have a look at the saved sessions - iirc, they're xml files somewhere in ~/.cache or ~/.config.
Well, I have been fairly happy with XFCE since I switched to it, but this strange and annoying behavior motivates me to look into changing desktops. Screwing with my files or any data I enter (such as the XFCE Notes, which depend on session saving) is unacceptable.
Last edited by newbiesforever; 06-07-2016 at 12:48 PM.
Well, I have been fairly happy with XFCE since I switched to it, but this strange and annoying behavior motivates me to look into changing desktops. Screwing with my files or any data I enter (such as the XFCE Notes, which depend on session saving) is unacceptable.
since you're not XFCE's customer, i doubt that this sort of talk will get you anything.
it certainly won't help solve this thread.
Neither will your sort of talk--that was wholly unnecessary. And by your earlier helpful explanation, this post is already solved--I thought I marked it solved before, and will now.
Last edited by newbiesforever; 06-09-2016 at 09:59 PM.
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