Changes to start-up programs are not saved

[Kieran Hogg]

Binary package hint: gnome-session

I'm running an up-to-date Feisty and any changes made to the session start-up programs are not saved on restarting. Not a lot to go on I know, just ask if you need any more information.

[Áron Sisak (asisak)]

Thanks for reporting this bug! Are you sure that session auto save is turned on?

[Kieran Hogg (xerosis)]

I mean manually added apps.

[Áron Sisak (asisak)]

Please describe the situtation more precisely: exactly what application you start, how do you register it in your session, etc. Thanks in advance!

[Kieran Hogg (xerosis)]

Steps to reproduce:

Open "Sessions"
Click "New" in the "Startup Programs" tab
Add a program
See it is enabled and in the list
Restart Gnome
Notice it is no longer in the list

[Áron Sisak (asisak)]

I tried to reproduce bug. I added gnome-terminal and restarted Gnome.
However, gnome-terminal is started and it is still in the list.

[Kieran Hogg (xerosis)]

I have recorded a screencast of the behaviour:

www.kiwithefirst.co.uk/sessions.swf (sorry for the terrible quality)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Can you write to .config/autostart with your user?

[Áron Sisak (asisak)]

Does gaim not even start for the next time?

Gaim supports session management, it should start automatically in the next session. Or if it does not, start gaim, open "Sessions" and on the "Current Session" (2nd) tab set its "Style" to "Restart".

[Kieran Hogg (xerosis)]

Sebastien: .config/autostart is owned by root so I think we've found why. I'm 99% sure I've not done anything that would make it root-owned, so is this a bug or just a mistake?

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

That's not a gnome-session bug then, marking rejected. That might be due to some program you runned with sudo, if you figure which one feel free to open a bug about it. What programs do you usually run with admin like that?

[Kieran Hogg (xerosis)]

Nothing, it's only been freshly installed a week or so and I've not ran anything out of the ordinary.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

there is something that did that change though, do you run nautilus with sudo by example maybe?

[Kieran Hogg (xerosis)]

I've had no need to, it's only a secondary system. I just update, play with updates and that's it. I understand that something caused it though, so I'll just put it down to doing something silly.