[intrepid] no prompt to save open work on shutdown/restart
Bug #276134 reported by
zombiepig
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #249373: gnome-session storing broken since intrepid.
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Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-session |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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gnome-session (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Low
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs | ||
Bug Description
For a while intrepid switched to the new gnome shutdown warning prompt, where you are alerted to unsaved work before the logoff procedure starts.
However, this dialog is no longer shown (alpha 6+all updates to 30/9), and shutting down the workstation with open, unsaved work doesn't lead to any prompts-- the system just happily shuts down and loses the work.
This is potentially a huge regression, and could result in hours of lost work!
Changed in gnome-session: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in gnome-session: | |
assignee: | nobody → desktop-bugs |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in gnome-session: | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
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This happens to me as well with Intrepid Beta updated today. I tested with both an old and a new account with equal results. A simple way to test is just opening Firefox, visiting some URL and ending the GNOME session (a log out will do, no need to shut down). If you log in again and start Firefox it will report that the previous session was terminated abruptly. Other applications, such as OpenOffice are similarly affected.
I reported this already in Bug #249373, which is not exactly about this same issue, but that is apparently related. In that bug report user Lukas Hejtmanek confirms that he's observing the same behavior.
This bug *should not* be triaged as low priority. It is not only a serious regression, but *will cause data loss* when a user forgets saving before ending her session. I would appreciate people to check if they observe the problem and report here, so that the bug can be at least set to CONFIRMED.