It's a straightforward bug: the package does not behave as described.
Here's a suggested fix: replace the following text:
- Saved session: if you have saved a session, it is located in
~/.config/gnome-session/saved-session/. You can enable automatic
session saving or manually save it in the "Startup Applications"
configuration applet.
with:
- Saved session: if you have saved a session, it is located in
~/.config/gnome-session/saved-session/. Automatic saving and
restoring of the session is currently not reliable (see bug #771896),
and has been disabled in Ubuntu. To enable automatic session saving:
dconf write /org/gnome/gnome-session/auto-save-session true
To re-enable automatic session restoring, set the environment
variable GNOME_SESSION_SAVE somewhere that is
read by your display manager's Xsession script (for example, in
~/.profile for gdm).
(Note: as far as I'm aware manual session saving is no longer available.
As you can see, the name "GNOME_SESSION_SAVE" is an unfortunate choice,
as it actually controls whether the session is restored, not whether it
is saved.)
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1037616
Title:
Please document current behavior as per #771896
Status in “gnome-session” package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
README.Debian says:
Upon startup, gnome-session starts the following applications:
- Saved session: if you have saved a session, it is located in
~/.config/gnome-session/saved-session/. You can enable automatic
session saving or manually save it in the "Startup Applications"
configuration applet.
But, as per bug #771896, this feature is currently disabled, and has
been replaced by an environment variable, GNOME_SESSION_SAVE:
gnome-session (3.2.1-0ubuntu7) precise; urgency=low
* debian/patches/51_remove_session_saving_from_gui.patch:
- add GNOME_SESSION_SAVE environment variable for people wanting to
use the save session still, knowing that it can break your system
if used unwisely (LP: #771896)
-- Didier Roche <[email protected]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:30:56
+0200
Please could you reflect this in README.Debian?
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-session 3.2.1-0ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic 3.2.24
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Aug 16 15:39:52 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: gnome-session
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-06 (163 days ago)
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