[gentoo-user] Gnome Save Session dialog gone

[gentoo-user] Gnome Save Session dialog gone

[Alex Bennee]

Hi,

When I logout of gnome it no longer asks me if I wish to save the
session and as a result I lose all my session data each time I logout.

Anyone know where this went? Is this an upstream Gnome issue or am I
missing some magical USE flag?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome Save Session dialog gone

[Alex Bennee]

On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 08:49 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 18:01 +0100, Alex Bennee wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > When I logout of gnome it no longer asks me if I wish to save the
> > session and as a result I lose all my session data each time I logout.
> > 
> > Anyone know where this went? Is this an upstream Gnome issue or am I
> > missing some magical USE flag?
> 
> Desktop Menu > Preferences > Sessions:
> "Automatically save changes to session" should save changes even without
> the dialog, or
> "Ask on logout" should bring back your dialog.

Ahhh - I should of mentioned I have been to this dialog. However what
ever I set it to it seems to make no difference to if I'm prompted or
not.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome Save Session dialog gone

[Iain Buchanan]

On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 11:29 +0100, Alex Bennee wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 08:49 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 18:01 +0100, Alex Bennee wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > When I logout of gnome it no longer asks me if I wish to save the
> > > session and as a result I lose all my session data each time I logout.
> > > 
> > > Anyone know where this went? Is this an upstream Gnome issue or am I
> > > missing some magical USE flag?
> > 
> > Desktop Menu > Preferences > Sessions:
> > "Automatically save changes to session" should save changes even without
> > the dialog, or
> > "Ask on logout" should bring back your dialog.
> 
> Ahhh - I should of mentioned I have been to this dialog. However what
> ever I set it to it seems to make no difference to if I'm prompted or
> not.

hmmm, what version of gnome are you using? gnome-light or gnome?

This sounds like gnome 2.10/2.12 (can't remember) behaviour...

Also, when you say "it no longer asks", when did it ask? what have you
done in the mean time?
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Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome Save Session dialog gone

[Alex Bennee]

On Sun, 2006-09-17 at 14:23 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 11:29 +0100, Alex Bennee wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 08:49 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 18:01 +0100, Alex Bennee wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > When I logout of gnome it no longer asks me if I wish to save the
> > > > session and as a result I lose all my session data each time I logout.
> > > > 
> > > > Anyone know where this went? Is this an upstream Gnome issue or am I
> > > > missing some magical USE flag?
> > > 
> > > Desktop Menu > Preferences > Sessions:
> > > "Automatically save changes to session" should save changes even without
> > > the dialog, or
> > > "Ask on logout" should bring back your dialog.
> > 
> > Ahhh - I should of mentioned I have been to this dialog. However what
> > ever I set it to it seems to make no difference to if I'm prompted or
> > not.
> 
> hmmm, what version of gnome are you using? gnome-light or gnome?
> 
> This sounds like gnome 2.10/2.12 (can't remember) behaviour...

The About Dialog reckons it's 2.14.2

> Also, when you say "it no longer asks", when did it ask? what have you
> done in the mean time?

It used to until after one emerge update it stopped asking. I think it
broke a couple of months ago.

I'm running on amd64 so I don't think the latest gnome has been unmasked
yet.

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> Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>
> 
> Avoid the Gates of Hell.  Use Linux
> 	-- unknown source
> 
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Re: [gentoo-user] Gnome Save Session dialog gone

[Iain Buchanan]

On Sun, 2006-09-17 at 12:28 +0100, Alex Bennee wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-09-17 at 14:23 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote:

> > hmmm, what version of gnome are you using? gnome-light or gnome?
> > 
> > This sounds like gnome 2.10/2.12 (can't remember) behaviour...
> 
> The About Dialog reckons it's 2.14.2

hmm, me too, works here...

> > Also, when you say "it no longer asks", when did it ask? what have you
> > done in the mean time?
> 
> It used to until after one emerge update it stopped asking. I think it
> broke a couple of months ago.
> 
> I'm running on amd64 so I don't think the latest gnome has been unmasked
> yet.

well, as of a week ago, 2.14 was the latest gnome (excluding odd
numbered releases).  2.16 hasn't even hit ~x86 yet.

anyway, I'm fresh out of ideas.  Someone else will have to take over :)

The only remaining things i'd do are:
 $ emerge --newuse -p world
to see if there's anything gnome related that has changed use flags,
 $ genlop -l
to get a list of what changed, and see if you can isolate the package
that you updated months ago...

sorry I can't help more :(
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