gnome-session-properties fails to create entries if .config/autostart is missing
Bug #258145 reported by
James Westby
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-session |
Fix Released
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High
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gnome-session (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-session
Hi,
I'm running Intrepid, and I couldn't add autostarted applications. I would
enter all of the details, and it would be in the list, but closing and re-opening
the tool would make the entry vanish.
Running from a terminal showed a message that
.config/
showed that .config/autostart/ didn't exist. Once I created it everything worked.
I think the .config/autostart/ should be created by the tool.
Thanks,
James
Related branches
Changed in gnome-session: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in gnome-session: | |
assignee: | nobody → desktop-bugs |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in gnome-session: | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Changed in gnome-session: | |
importance: | Unknown → High |
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Confirmed here.
chr1s@chris- ubuntuvm: ~$ apt-cache policy gnome-session gb.archive. ubuntu. com intrepid/main Packages dpkg/status
gnome-session:
Installed: 2.23.6-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 2.23.6-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 2.23.6-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
Steps to reproduce: properties in terminal
1. Delete ~/.config/autostart if it exists (or move it if you want to retain its contents)
2. Open gnome-session-
3. Add an entry
What should happen: properties should happily create the folder ~/.config/autostart and add a new .desktop file to it
1. gnome-session-
What actually happens: properties fails to create our new .desktop file and spits out the following error:
1. gnome-session-
** (gnome- session- properties: 6053): WARNING **: Could not save /home/chr1s/ .config/ autostart/ firefox. desktop file
If you manually add ~/.config/autostart before you try to add the new session entry, then it works. ~/.config/autostart isn't present on a fresh user profile