Questions tagged [gnome-session]
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What happens under the covers to log me in and start up Unity or another Graphical User Interface?
When there's trouble, it might be good to understand what happens under the covers to sign a user into a GUI session and get a Unity (or other window manager) to bring up a desktop.
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Save Unity Desktop Session
Is there a way to save current session (the applications + the organization of windows in desktops) in Unity and load it when needed?
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ubuntu 14.10 multiple Simultaneous independent remote (desktop like ) connections
Can anyone please suggest a free server (that works just like terminal server which allows multiple rdp-like independent sessions) that is compatible for ubuntu 14.10?
I have tried: Simultaneous ...
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remotely log out of (graphical) gnome session
I have a (graphical) login session running on an office computer, and I'd like to log it out to save on a few computer resources.
I can ssh to the office box, but when I try gnome-session-quit I get ...
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How to log out with a command in a gnome-less environment?
I installed various window managers (Awesome, dwm, etc.) from which I am not able to log out back to the login screen (gnome-session) in order to switch to another window manager. I need to reboot to ...
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Ubuntu 13.10: How to remember running applications on shutdown so that they start upon login?
I'm running Ubuntu 13.10 and I don't seem to have any of the same menu items mentioned in other questions. In my "classicmenu" I have a "System Tools" > "Preferences" and then nothing about sessions.
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Does gnome-fallback.desktop require accelerated graphics in 13.10?
I am trying to run gnome-fallback.desktop under VncServer.
After upgrading to 13.10, my VNC no longer works - it just shows an empty terminal window, with no session.
These are the sessions that I ...
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Automatically Remember current Running Applications
Hello Guys I am facing an odd issue, I am trying to enable the auto-save-session on Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS, I try to follow some answers already here, but I wasn't able to restore my gnome session.
I ...
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How to set default umask in Ubuntu 17.04?
In the past, I have always set umask at ~/.profile. I set a umask of 077 so my documents get a permission of 600 (rw-------). But setting this at ~/.profile no longer works in Ubuntu 17.04.
So as new ...
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Close gnome session from console
I use Ubuntu 11.10 64 bits with Gnome Shell.
I have opened a bug because sometimes "Close session" and "Shutdown" buttons doesn't work. gnome-session-quit only works sometimes: bug
How can I close ...
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Brew causing this message on bootup "Error found when loading /home/user/.profile:"
When I restart my PC I get this error:
Error found when loading /home/ray/.profile:
/home/ray/.profile: line 28: /bin/brew: No such file or directory
As a result the session will not be configured ...
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Unable to login after killing gnome-session
I was explaining to a friend that the graphical interface in Linux is a separate program that can be killed like any other. To demonstrate that I switched to tty1 and tried to kill the GUI (as a real-...
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How to kill a specific x11rdp session
I am using x11rdp with xrdp v0.6.0 in ubuntu 12.04
The problem that when I connect remotely from home to office my session is stuck!
When I get back to work I can't open applications that are ...
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Problem with ~/.cache/upstart
I'm not experienced at all with Ubuntu yet and I know there are lots of things I have to learn, but I'm kinda puzzled about this one.
I just got (suddenly after a reboot) a free disk space warning ...
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Custom LightDM sessions to launch an application
I'm trying to set up Ubuntu to act as a kiosk running a custom application, and am trying to get a LightDM session built to automatically start it.
Ideally, I'd like to have two sessions available ...
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What does idle time output from "w" command tell?
I want to know if can safely shutdown my computer at home, by testing to see if my flatmate is using it. Therefore i use the command "w" in terminal. However the Idle time for tty seems strange (note ...
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Will Gnome 43 be included in the upgrades of 22.04 Jammy?
I found information that the bug GLib-CRITICAL is fixed in Gnome 43. Will Gnome 43 be included in an upgrade of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS?
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What exactly is "Ubuntu Desktop Edition" safe mode?
I've installed Ubuntu 10.10 i386 on an old laptop (Compaz Evo N1015V: 1.2GHz CPU, 256M RAM!). When attempting to log into Desktop Edition, nothing is drawn apart from the mouse pointer - the ...
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With respect to gnome-session, what is a "component"?
Under /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions are files which describe the different types of sessions available from gnome-session. In these files is a list of required components, eg for shell:
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When I lock my PC, the fans get very noisy as if there was some kind of a rogue process
The moment I lock my PC, the fans get really noisy, which means there has to be some kind of CPU/GPU load behind the scenes.
I told myself, I need to know, what process is doing this, so I've crafted ...
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SSH X11-Forwarding gnome-session/lightdm-session
Client: Ubuntu 11.10 64-Bit
Server: VirtualBox Ubuntu 11.10 64-Bit
I would like to start a gnome-session/lightdm-session, but it doesn't work. Even though I'm able to start single programs like ...
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Default xsession for new users
How do I change the default xsession for new users which will be added to the system in the future?
I know I can change the last/default session for an existing user by editing the setting XSession= ...
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Messed up my PATH environment variable and can't login to desktop
To get an maven environment variable to run, I tried several options. Basically, I followed some options from Ubuntu Community Page, such as ~/.pam_environment, /etc/bash.bashrc and I don't really ...
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Add terminal session with network to login in screen
I want to add a terminal Xsession to the log in drop down screen. Can anyone let me know how to do this? No desktop, load only terminal with network support.
Booting in recovering from grub lets me ...
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gnome-session-quit to logout does not work when run as root with sudo
I am running Ubuntu 14.04 and user name is pandya.
pandya@pandya-desktop:~$ gnome-session-quit
When above command run without being sudo (sudo su) in terminal, it successfully logs out.
But when ...
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How can I get Gnome3 to remember my session?
I am running Gnome3, but I had the same problem with Unity, on Ubuntu 12.04.
I have a fairly elaborate setup I enjoy using day-to-day. A LibreOffice spreadsheet with everyone's extension numbers; a ...
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two errors after starting the GNOME desktop 20.10
Ｈi all
When the system boot is complete, there are two important error messages in ‘gome logs’.
“Failed to start Application launched by gnome-session-binary.”
Desktop environment and version.
OS : ...
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How to edit whitelisted apps in the notification area in gnome fallback session?
In order to edit which whitelisted apps are visible in the notification area, I normally could use dconf editor and edit from the unity panel entry as shown here.
The thing is, I have gnome fallback ...
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Why are my open files and applications closed automatically when I logout or shutdown?
When I login back in Ubuntu 12.04, all my opened files are automatically closed and I have to open it from the first. Why it happens so? Do I need to change any settings? Anyone, please help me to ...
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How do I modify the session such that closing Chromium logs out of the session?
I'm creating my own fake Chromium OS session in Ubuntu 12.04. However I don't really know how to make it so that when I close Chromium, it automatically logs out on it's own. Has anyone got any ...
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Where are the session managers logs?
Unity 3D refuses to start here, always falling back to Unity 2D. I installed both Gnome and XFCE 4 and neither starts, but instead leave me with the mouse cursor and the wallpaper. I want to know what ...
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How do you turn on the customizable gnome-panel features (like gnome-applets) in Precise?
I resurrected a broken laptop today. I took out the HDD, put it in a USB 3.0 enclosure, and created a VM that would use it.
It was running Lucid. I took a screenshot of the desktop before I started ...
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Wayland + Crash + Log File
I'm trying to track down a crash (or more accurately a hanging) of Wayland + Gnome on Ubuntu 16.04. I'm trying to find a wayland log file like I have for Xorg (e.g. /var/log/Xorg.0.log). So I can ...
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ssh-agent stopped working after upgrade to 13.10 [duplicate]
my ssh is asking for my keys everytime I try to log onto my servers, this is happening after I upgraded my ubuntu from 13.04 to 13.10, before that it unlocked my keys at my session login, but now it's ...
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ubuntu 12.10: rdp from windows 7 renders empty desktop - common fix doesn't work
When I use 'Remote Desktop Connection' in Windows 7 to connect to my Ubuntu 12.10 machine with xRdp installed, I can login, but the only thing I get after logging in is an empty desktop.
I found ...
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X keeps restarting without getting to login screen
I am running Ubuntu 13.10 in my PC. Two days ago, oneconf crashed while I was working and I had to restart the computer. Since then, I haven't been able to go past the black screen to the login screen,...
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where is XDG_CACHE_DIR?
I've been suggested that Gnome Podcasts stores the files in
XDG_CACHE_DIR/downloads
Where is XDG_CACHE_DIR ?
:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 gnome-session broken post installation script
On a a minimal install of Ubuntu 18.04, I attempted to switch to a vanilla gnome desktop by running:
sudo apt-get install vanilla-gnome-desktop
This installation failed due to this bug. This issue is ...
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Updates to GNOME always cause breakage due to Smartcard settings not being available
So, this is a headache when you use Yubikeys or smartcards, but to disable Smartcard support in GUI, you have to remove it from the session environments.
Unfortunately, this causes some headaches, as ...
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Ubuntu 13.04: Can't login using Ubuntu(Default) session. Stuck in login loop
When I try to login using Ubuntu(Default) session, I am unable to login. After giving password I am getting this message on screen
Unable to launch "gnome-session --session=ubuntu" X session --- "...
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How to reset/fix terminal sessoins (server), after I've killed its PID?
I was trying to kill responded window so I used kill -9 PID
and the PID was the ID of /usr/libexec/gnome-terminal-server by mistake. Now, every time I start terminal (even if it is a virtual terminal) ...
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'gnome-session' command does not start up GUI anymore after updating Ubuntu, returns GLXBadFBConfig error
I am using Ubuntu on Windows with WSL. After updating Ubuntu to the latest version (20.04.3 LTS I believe) I am not able to run the gnome-session command anymore, which would usually allow me to ...
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Two gnome-sessions
I have two process gnome-session-binary running on my computer. One is running with my user and one is running with the gnome display manager user, they are running in different tty's.
my user ...
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Gnome session broken on Ubuntu 17.10
My dell inspiron 660s with intel graphics ran Ubuntu 16.04.3 for a year with no issues, and I decided to give 17.10 a try.
After installing 17.10, ubuntu restricted extras, lowlatency kernel, and ...
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Make evince save the session and reopen documents on system restart
I am using evince, but it might be any other pdf/document reader for that matter.
I tried this guide, but it did not work (for evince).
I want to make Ubuntu reopen all the documents, which I had ...
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Play logout sound when Gnome session ends
I want to know a way by which I can run a script, which would play a logout sound, just before Gnome session ends.
By Gnome session ends I mean when I click Logout, Restart or Shutdown
I am using ...
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15.10 freezes every 10 minutes
Every freeze is preceeded typically by the following sylsog entry. It is a gst_discoverer_discover call (one of several hundred recorded immediately before every freeze) as an example:
Oct 20 19:35:...
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how to troubleshoot the Gnome Classic Session?
I have installed Ubuntu Gnome 14.04 and the Gnome 3 stable + next + staging PPAs. So I have Gnome 3.12 installed and it works OK apart from one issue:
In GDM I have the Gnome and Gnome Classic ...
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How to enable alternative log in sessions (e.g. Unity 2D or others) in Trusty?
I have just upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS to 14.04 LTS on an i386 system (Dell Optiplex 740, with an integrated nvidia quadro NVS 210S chipset).
The upgrade proceeded smoothly without any problem.
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GNOME3 Freezes/Unresponsive [closed]
I find that GNOME3, after some period of time, freezes completely. The cursor is the only thing that responds. I find that logging in from another machine, and issueing a kill -1 to the gnome-shell ...
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