Unable to disable Session restore on xubuntu 12.04

Question

I am using Xubuntu 12.04 with the xfce 4.10 ppa, and since updating xfce I can not disable the automatic session restore.

I have disabled the relevant options in 'Session and Startup', but it makes no differences and all my windows are still restored after login.

If I remove the content of .cache/sessions it works for the next reboot but after that the session will be restored again.

I thought about writing a script to delete it at startup, but I was wondering if there were any proper fixes to this issue.

Thanks,

Did you have a look at apps->gnome-session->options in gconf-editor whether its enabled there? — jobin, Mar 09 '14 at 10:34
not sure what you mean ? I am using xfce, where is this gnome-session ? — deSitterUniverse, Mar 09 '14 at 17:57

deSitterUniverse · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-10T21:59:23.913

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Since there are no other suggestions, here is a quick fix for anyone who comes across this thread :

emacs _path_/startup.sh

write in the file

#!/bin/bash

rm -rf /home/_name_/.cache/sessions/*

make it executable

chmod +x _path_/startup.sh

go under 'Session and Startup' and add _path_/startup.sh to the applications automatically executed when xfce opens.

edited Mar 10 '14 at 21:59

answered Mar 10 '14 at 11:22

deSitterUniverse

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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It is possible that you have stumbled on a bug related to the Action Buttons. For a discussion of a very similar issue reported recently see:

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

Community

answered Mar 16 '14 at 10:34

landroni

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