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Remove "Save session" from logout menu
Status:
RESOLVED: WONTFIX
Severity:
enhancement
Product:
Xfce4-session
Component:
General

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Description Pasi Lallinaho editbugs 2010-04-21 15:32:15 CEST
As the summary suggests, remove the "Save session" from the logout menu.

This pretty much confuses users and causes troubles with session. This is especially true when a user logs out (saves session) in panic just after his panel has crashed, since the panel is not run when the user logs back in.

This is a wishlistish item which I file after a discussion with Jerome. More discussion to follow on the Xfce developers mailing list in the thread I'm starting in a few minutes.
Comment 1 Nick Schermer editbugs 2010-11-15 23:42:22 CET
Reassign to xfce-bugs@xfce.org.
Comment 2 Olivier Fabre 2011-04-16 13:45:02 CEST
The mailing list thread about this feature request seems to be this one:
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.desktop.xfce.devel.version4/18693

It is my understanding that now, the panel is automatically restarted after a crash; so the main motivation for this feature request is gone...?

Personally, I'm not using the "Save session" feature (I don't want stuff to load automatically when I'm trying to fix my system or just want to use a single program quickly or my download disk isn't plugged in or I don't want to chat on Jabber...). I don't care if there's a "Save session" checkbox in the logout panel, but I think it should be off by default (especially if it is removed from the logout panel).
Comment 3 Simon Steinbeiss editbugs 2019-04-28 00:42:48 CEST
I agree that the motivation behind the request seems gone.
Also, that checkbox is deactivated by default. If the user has activated it by chance, he/she will notice it anyway because of all kinds of programs autostarting in the next session...
Comment 4 Simon Steinbeiss editbugs 2019-04-28 00:57:35 CEST
*** Bug 10634 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Bug #6403

Reported by:
Pasi Lallinaho
Reported on: 2010-04-21
Last modified on: 2019-04-28
Duplicates (1):
  • 10634 "Save session for future logins" should be removed from logout dialog (and be disabled by default)

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