@jogi I know this is quite old but I tried your workaround of comment #59 on Ubuntu 17.10 and it is not working. I am using the script that you kindly provided. The only net result of running the script manually is that Thunderbird and Dropbox are re-opened. I stress that Thunderbird and Dropbox are already automatically started on startup. All the other programs opened in the previous session are not reopened. This is because in the ~/.config/gnome-session/saved-session folder are present only the .desktop file of those two applications.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/771896 Title: No way to save current session Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu: Invalid Status in gnome-session package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in gnome-session source package in Precise: Fix Released Status in gnome-session source package in Quantal: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: gnome-session There is no way I can find to set up a session the way you'd like to have Unity start up and then save that setup. This also affects the Classic session. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: gnome-session 2.32.1-0ubuntu19 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Apr 27 09:27:01 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110413) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=C LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/csh SourcePackage: gnome-session UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/771896/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp