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gnome-session package

Please document current behavior as per #771896

Bug #1037616 reported by Reuben Thomas
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Bug Description

README.Debian says:

Upon startup, gnome-session starts the following applications:
 - Saved session: if you have saved a session, it is located in
   ~/.config/gnome-session/saved-session/. You can enable automatic
   session saving or manually save it in the "Startup Applications"
   configuration applet.

But, as per bug #771896, this feature is currently disabled, and has been replaced by an environment variable, GNOME_SESSION_SAVE:

gnome-session (3.2.1-0ubuntu7) precise; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/51_remove_session_saving_from_gui.patch:
    - add GNOME_SESSION_SAVE environment variable for people wanting to
      use the save session still, knowing that it can break your system
      if used unwisely (LP: #771896)

 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:30:56 +0200

Please could you reflect this in README.Debian?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-session 3.2.1-0ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic 3.2.24
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Aug 16 15:39:52 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: gnome-session
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-06 (163 days ago)

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Reuben Thomas (rrt) wrote :
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Reuben Thomas (rrt) wrote :

See also bug #771896: there is confusion over how to use the GNOME_SESSION_SAVE fix. It seems fairly straightforward for gdm users, but perhaps it's not as obvious for lightdm users? I don't know, but again, this is something that should be explained in README.Debian.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report, patches are welcome, I doubt that's high enough on our list to get somebody assigned to that issue, that hack was added for power user and is not intended as a fully supported feature anyway

Changed in gnome-session (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Triaged
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Reuben Thomas (rrt) wrote :

It's a straightforward bug: the package does not behave as described. Here's a suggested fix: replace the following text:

 - Saved session: if you have saved a session, it is located in
   ~/.config/gnome-session/saved-session/. You can enable automatic
   session saving or manually save it in the "Startup Applications"
   configuration applet.

with:

 - Saved session: if you have saved a session, it is located in
   ~/.config/gnome-session/saved-session/. Automatic saving and
   restoring of the session is currently not reliable (see bug #771896),
   and has been disabled in Ubuntu. To enable automatic session saving:

     dconf write /org/gnome/gnome-session/auto-save-session true

   To re-enable automatic session restoring, set the environment
   variable GNOME_SESSION_SAVE somewhere that is
   read by your display manager's Xsession script (for example, in
   ~/.profile for gdm).

(Note: as far as I'm aware manual session saving is no longer available. As you can see, the name "GNOME_SESSION_SAVE" is an unfortunate choice, as it actually controls whether the session is restored, not whether it is saved.)

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