Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 115922
gnome-session saves the non-GNOME applications only on the currently active desktop
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:36 EST
Description of problem: gnome-session appears to save the non-GNOME applications (such as xterm) only on the currently active desktop. If you log out while on the lower right desktop, for example, non-GNOME applications open on the lower right desktop are saved, and no other desktops will have their non-GNOME applications restored upon login. GNOME applications are not affected by this problem--they are saved on all desktops, regardless of the current one when logging out. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-session-2.5.3-1 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open a bunch of xterms on different desktops. 2. Change to one of the desktops. 3. Logout, select "Save current setup" on the confirmation dialog. 4. Wait a LONG time (panel is not operative) until X logs out. 5. Log back in. Actual results: xterms are restored only on the desktop that you had been on when you logged out. All other desktops are empty of non-GNOME applications. Expected results: Session should be saved on all desktops, not just the current one, for all applications, not just GNOME applications. At the very least, non-GNOME applications should be restarted, and on the same desktops they were last open on. Additional info: This was a fresh install of FC2 test1 updated via yum to 2004-02-16 development.
Hi Charles. Unfortunately, metacity has no way of keeping track of what workspace non-session-manager-aware applications are on. Most modern applications (not-limited to GNOME) are session-manager-aware so this isn't much of an issue in practice. xterm is the big exception. It's written to follow an older (X11R5) session management protocol.