system > preference > sessions unchecked items still appear in session file

Bug #162831 reported by Frodon
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-session (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-session

Problem :
When you open the system > preference > sessions windows and uncheck the items you don't need (typical example is bluetooth applet for those who don't have bluetooth) this has no effect on your session file and all the items are still launched.

Reproduce this :
Go to system > preference > sessions, uncheck bluetooth applet and save your session (with gnome-session-save command for instance) then open your .gnome2/session file you will see that bluetooth applet is still launched.

Where it becomes annoying :
Many users are experiencing long login time and loading things you don't need despites you unchecked the corresponding items correctly can be really frustrating.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thanks for your report, Which version of Ubuntu are you using? If you disable an application it should create an entry at ~/.config/autostart/something.desktop with a X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=false entry on it, what do you have in there?, thanks.

Changed in gnome-session:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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Frodon (frodon) wrote :

I'm using gutsy gibbon and the autostart enable is at false in the bluetooth-applet.desktop file which correspond to the item i unchecked.
If the item is well disabled what is the point to keep it as entry in the session files (my session file is linked in this post) ?

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Does that works with another user? it seems that there's something broken in your configuration.

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Frodon (frodon) wrote :

Not sure to understand what you refering to saying "Does that works with another user?"

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Basilio Kublik (sourcercito) wrote :

Hi there
create a new user account, and try to reproduce this issue there.

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Frodon (frodon) wrote :

This has been confirmed by some users on the forum if it's what you want to know.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=568995

If the autostart file is doing is job despites the presence of the item in the session file then this is not an issue but more an unusual way to handle this.
I mean that i already checked that items unchecked in the session setting window are well put to X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=false in the corresponding .desktop files (which BTW are not recognized in nautilus for weird reason).

Anyway it's been a long time this bug report has been posted and i don't have time to test things anymore for the moment so maybe this bug report can be closed as i won't be able to provide you more information than the one i have already provided in the near future.

To conclude this bug seems a bit painless for me and i would have really preferred that the other one i have reported about gnome-session have been answered and fixed has the problem is more serious and the fix simple.

Thanks you for your interest.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Thanks in advance.

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Frodon (frodon) wrote :

I don't think this is an issue anymore, at least i don't feel any issue now with hardy heron and long login.

Lets close this bug report, thanks for the reminder.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

alright, thanks for the feedback, closing the report, thanks again.

Changed in gnome-session:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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Norbert Hartl (norbert-hartl) wrote :

I'm using intrepid ibex alpha 5 (plus updates). I'm having tracker disabled in the preferences>session menu. But at every system start trackerd gets started as well. As far as I remember I didn't have trouble with this in hardy. So I reopen this as a new bug.

Changed in gnome-session:
status: Invalid → New
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Norbert Hartl (norbert-hartl) wrote :

I forgot to mention that there is a .config/autostart/trackerd.desktop file which contains the X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=false line

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

gnome-session has been rewritten in intrepid, don't reopen closed bugs which concern different versions only because you have a similar issue in the new one

Changed in gnome-session:
status: New → Invalid
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Norbert Hartl (norbert-hartl) wrote :

Why not? For me it is the same problem. What does the information about the rewrite change? There is a problem which is there regardless the fact if it has been reintroduced by patch or by rewrite. And it is exactly the same problem as described in this report. I can't find any version information in this ticket and I can't possibly know about a rewrite. So what is your suggestion again? Closing the bug without reopening another one that fits you better? That means, I have to wait for the next rewrite and hope that the bug won't be reintroduced then?

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

you don't need to know about gnome-session being rewritten in intrepid but could you open a new bug rather than reopening this one, that will things clearer to have a new bug concerning the intrepid version and a clear description than an old bugs which quite some comments which has been closed and reopened

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