gnome-session-properties is quite broken

Bug #49207 reported by marcw
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-session (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

In an effort to workaround the lack of "Save Current Setup" check box on logout - which I understand has already been reported - I checked the "Automatically save changes to session" checkbox in gnome-session-properties to save my current desktop. And voila! On my next reboot my desktop looked like I wanted it to.

But to my dismay and disbelief this workaround introduces yet another bug which I have not specifically seen reported. After making sure my desktop was as I wanted, I then unchecked the "Automatically save changes to session" checkbox. But on the next login I was presented with an open gnome-session-properties window AND an open Nautilus. Neither of these was open when I logged out.

This behavior does not happen when the "Automatically save changes to session" checkbox is checked, only when unchecked. I don't wish to leave this check box perpetually checked nor do I wish to have gnome-session-properties and Nautilus open up every time I log in. But it now appears I am stuck with one or the other.

This is 100% reproducible on 2 different machines.

Note: the original reporter indicated the bug was in package 'gnome-session2'; however, that package was not published in Ubuntu.

Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

Changed in gnome-session:
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
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