Is there a way for saving a session in 11.04 ?
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Do you mean remembering your running applications? – RolandiXor May 01 '11 at 22:26
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Yes, Roland. That is exactly what I would like to have in Ubuntu 11.04. – Vincenzo May 02 '11 at 20:24
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try my suggestion below. – RolandiXor May 02 '11 at 20:59
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If anyone wants to re-implement this feature (from scratch), the following information may be useful: http://askubuntu.com/questions/113850/how-to-get-a-list-of-currently-open-files-application-instances-in-unity-launc – Anderson Green Dec 29 '12 at 01:22
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possible duplicate of Save Unity Desktop Session – Glutanimate Apr 07 '15 at 18:13
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No, this feature was dropped: http://www.linux-archive.org/ubuntu-desktop/478109-gnome-session-saving-dropped-natty.html
There is a bug filed for this (so, someone might be willing at some point to restore the feature): https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/773688
But from my own experience, the feature was completely unpredictable: even the File Manager windows were not always restored and those restored were at different spaces/positions etc.
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This setting is still available in the configuration editor. (Open dash, type gconf-editor and it should show up).
Now, you need to navigate to /apps/gnome-session/options.
When you autosave your session, you do not have to do anything afterwords (like loading a session file in nautilus). It will automatically save the programs you have running as startup applications.
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I read from a post in February that they had removed this feature because it was broken, does this in fact still work? If so I will add this to an answer I made a few days ago. – Alan May 01 '11 at 22:48
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@Alan: I have not tested it myself, but others have said it was working. I think it slows down login time though, and it's a bit complicated to undo (so it is still technically "broken"). – RolandiXor May 01 '11 at 22:50
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The command to run is actually
gconf-editor. I edited the answer to say so, but it is pending approval. – Josh Glover May 11 '11 at 06:58 -
@JoshGlover: Yes, the command is gconf-editor, but the Desktop File is "Configuration Editor". – RolandiXor May 11 '11 at 15:48
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@Roland: sure, but opening a terminal and typing
configdidn't work for me. :) – Josh Glover May 12 '11 at 07:34 -
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@ Roland: Thanks for the post! I followed it but I don't find there is any session item on Nautilus menu. I am using 10.10. – Tim Jul 30 '11 at 12:07
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@Roland: auto-save-session has been checked. But I don't know where to choose the saved session, because in Nautilus, there is no related item in its menu. – Tim Jul 30 '11 at 13:43
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