Ubuntu
xfce4-session package

xfce4 starts applications defined to start up at desktop start multiple times

Bug #1335498 reported by Thomas Schweikle
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Xfce4 Session
Incomplete
Medium
xfce4-session (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

Applications defined in "Startup Applications & Programs" will be started multiple times by xfce4. This can be really harmful in some cases, while in other cases it will only lead to a variety of error messages like: "Application xyz already running."

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xfce4 (not installed)
Uname: Linux 3.14.9+ x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sat Jun 28 23:16:30 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-19 (983 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
SourcePackage: xfce4
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-02-24 (123 days ago)

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In , Abc-no-spam (abc-no-spam) wrote :

I have XFCE configured to "save session for future logins". I also use the Copy cloud storage tool. When XFCE starts, it usually starts 2 instances of Copy in the tray, even though there is only one instance of Copy open when I shutdown.

I'm using 4.10 on 64bit openSUSE 13.1.

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In , Abc-no-spam (abc-no-spam) wrote :

This morning my saved session disappeared - XFCE started with no errors displayed, and no remembered windows/apps opened.

Why would that happen if my last GUI session closed normally? I could understand oddities happening after a GUI crash, but that didn't happen.

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In , Abc-no-spam (abc-no-spam) wrote :

Today it started 3 copies of Krusader, even though I know I only had one open when I shut down. It has done this multiple times with Krusader, but not for every reboot, and never with another app - only Krusader has created 3 copies (other apps have 2 copies, as previously mentioned.)

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Thomas Schweikle (tps) wrote :
Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount)
affects: xfce4 (Ubuntu) → xfce4-session (Ubuntu)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in xfce4-session (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in xfce4-session:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Confirmed
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In , Lockywolf (lockywolf) wrote :

I second this bug.

I meet multiple launches all the time.

I suspect that in my case it's caused by the fact that my applications (hexchat and pidgin) are added to the 'autostart' menu:

Settings->Session and Startup->Application Autostart

And I suspect that their existence is also saved into some 'session state' upon logout, so xfce starts them twice, as a piece of the session and as a piece of the autostart.

Meanwhile you can't just remove them from the autostart, because you don't always need to save the session.

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In , Simon Steinbeiß (ochosi) wrote :

If you have applications in the autostart *and* in the saved session, they will be started multiple times.

The two are not cross-checked by xfce4-session.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in xfce4-session:
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Thomas Schweikle (tps) wrote :

Seems solved meanwhile.

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