Comment 41 for bug 771896

Just in case it might help anyone, I'd like to mention that I've given
up on this whole thing and switched to using xfce instead of gnome. It
allows me to get back my gnome 2 look and feel, and also gives me
painless session saving.

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 11:21 AM, CSV <email address hidden> wrote:
> Thanks again. I have just checked it with dconf-editor and /org/gnome
> /gnome-session/auto-save-session was set to TRUE already. And, of
> course, without effect.
>
> I reckon that I may have missed the point of this bug mistaken
> GNOME_SESSION_SAVE for AUTO_SAVE_SESSION, as my problem is that my
> session isn't auto-saved upon shutdown and recovered at startup as it
> was with Ubuntu 10.04's GNOME 2.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/771896
>
> Title:
> No way to save current session
>
> Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
> Invalid
> Status in “gnome-session” package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in “gnome-session” source package in Precise:
> Fix Released
> Status in “gnome-session” source package in Quantal:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: gnome-session
>
> There is no way I can find to set up a session the way you'd like to
> have Unity start up and then save that setup. This also affects the
> Classic session.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: gnome-session 2.32.1-0ubuntu19
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Wed Apr 27 09:27:01 2011
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110413)
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en
> PATH=(custom, user)
> LANG=C
> LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/csh
> SourcePackage: gnome-session
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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