I'm starting to get a more concrete picture of the problem from a user perspective, and would like to cooperate with somebody from the firefox hacking front, who is willing to solve this problem!
I made an interesting observation. It happens, that all windows are restored correctly under certain circumstances. Here's how I can reproduce this at will. Given I want to add a new window with several tabs to my Firefox bouquet. (30-40 windows with maybe 500 tabs). 1) quit or kill Firefox 2) start Firefox all windows will appear on a single desktop (as described in https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=372650#c29) 3) push the windows to the correct screens and rearrange their dimensions and order Now I can logoff/reboot without stomach pains, after login, the Firefox "crashed session manager" will appear in a single window. Push restore session, et voilà, all windows with all tabs reappear on the expected locations, and keep the content, too. No mangling. Obviously, Firefox session management cannot handle a heavy working set. I would like to start with examination of the database, where this information is stored, if somebody can point me to it (and give some hints about, how to examine). Notes: I don't care/check the z-order of things (being a fan of shuttering windows, only the window handle bars of most windows will appear). The few, that weren't shuttered, don't overlap with other windows. The "long time no see" message about Firefox restoration notice on every start is bizarre and nagging: no other code burns more cpu cycles on my primary desktop every day - and no, I don't want to throw away my setup which would result in days of work to rearrange! I vote for another option: never show this hint again! z-order -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/684982 Title: Firefox windows don't restore on correct workspaces Status in Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: firefox Create two workspaces Open one firefox window on the first workspace, second on the second one. Quit (or crash) firefox, specifying "Yes, remember my windows" Expected behavior: second window shows up on second workspace Actual behavior: Both windows appear on the current workspace To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/684982/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
