As far as I can tell, this is no longer a problem. In particular, I have a ~/.config/autostart/chromium-browser.desktop file with a timestamp from 2017, and it is set to run Chromium normally (without --no-startup- window).
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1070823 Title: chromium-browser deletes modified autostart files Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Chromium does not have X session support; see http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=23001 However, if you configure it to run in the background, then it installs a ~/.config/autostart/ file. This combined with configuring to restore windows on startup would give effectively session management, but for one small problem: the autostart file is created with --no-startup-window. This makes sense, because the configuration item is to run Chromium in the background. However, if I then edit the command in gnome-session-properties, then on next startup, Chromium REMOVES the autostart file! This is bad behaviour: apps should not modify or remove configuration files once the user has edited them (for example, consider the management of configuration files under /etc when packages are upgraded). Hence, if Chromium were simply prevented from changing the autostart file if it is user-edited (i.e. has non-default contents), then it would be possible to get effective session management, even without explicit support for XSM. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: chromium-browser 22.0.1229.94~r161065-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Oct 24 13:11:32 2012 Desktop-Session: DESKTOP_SESSION = gnome XDG_CONFIG_DIRS = /etc/xdg/xdg-gnome:/home/rrt/local/etc/xdg:/etc/xdg XDG_DATA_DIRS = /usr/share/gnome:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/ DiskUsage: b'Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on\n/dev/sda1 ext4 451G 149G 280G 35% /\nudev devtmpfs 3.9G 4.0K 3.9G 1% /dev\ntmpfs tmpfs 1.6G 1.2M 1.6G 1% /run\nnone tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock\nnone tmpfs 3.9G 3.0M 3.9G 1% /run/shm\nnone tmpfs 100M 0 100M 0% /run/user\ncgroup tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup\n' Inodes: b'Filesystem Inodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on\n/dev/sda1 29M 1.5M 28M 6% /\nudev 984K 606 984K 1% /dev\ntmpfs 987K 546 987K 1% /run\nnone 987K 2 987K 1% /run/lock\nnone 987K 15 987K 1% /run/shm\nnone 987K 1 987K 1% /run/user\ncgroup 987K 9 987K 1% /sys/fs/cgroup\n' Env: MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH = None LD_LIBRARY_PATH = None InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) SourcePackage: chromium-browser UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-19 (4 days ago) chromium-default: CHROMIUM_FLAGS="" gconf-keys: /desktop/gnome/applications/browser/exec = b'/usr/bin/chromium-browser\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/command = b'/usr/bin/chromium-browser --new-window %U\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/enabled = b'false\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command = b'/usr/bin/chromium-browser --new-window %U\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/enabled = b'false\n'/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager = b'compiz\n'/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager = b''/desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme = b'gnome\n'/desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme = b'Clearlooks\n' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1070823/+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
