Questions tagged [session]
session management is the process of keeping track of a user's activity across sessions of interaction with the computer system
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Is it possible to run a TTY in X session?
I want to try some svgalib graphical examples which switches to one of the ttys other than tty7. Instead I want to try it in a graphical X session which I logged in to the current desktop. I need to ...
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Is there any way to save my session in Ubuntu 16.04 (NOT hibernate)?
I went through a lot of previous duplicates. But still....
Well dconf editor > org > gnome > gnome-session > auto-save-session is not working. It doesn't prompt me to save during log off/reboot. On ...
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Unity8-Mir session doesn't start on ubuntu 16.04
I seem to have a problem with running a Unity8-mir session on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I installed unity 8 mir according to the instructions as described at the webpage OMGubuntu. After rebooting I can ...
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How can I remove the session expiration for a user? [duplicate]
I want the session to keep on if I am not using the computer but it always changes to the login screen after few minutes
how can I remove that?
thanks
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Kubuntu 15.10 - Session save doesn't work
This machine was originally installed with Kubuntu 14.10. Then I upgraded to 15.04, and since then it fails to properly restore my previous session. I recently upgraded to Kubuntu 15.10, hoping to fix ...
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Fatal error on login
Hi I just started my journey in linux world and it's a bunch of installation now: starting with Linux Mint 17.02 a couple of times and one on an old HDD before that, and now I moved on Ubuntu Studio ...
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Login Failure( redirects to login after enterning password ) in Ubuntu 14.04 [duplicate]
I'm unable to login to my account in Ubuntu. The login Screen appears and I choose me root account, enter the password and press enter. But unfortunately a black screen is displayed for couple of ...
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Multi user login to same session
I need to have a machine that anyone can log into but everyone has the same desktop, open windows, session etc. Essentially individual login that could somehow map to a common user.
We want to pair ...
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Reset or recover GNU screen password
I have a server where I wish to run a process using screen. I start a screen using:
screen -S <screen_name>
Detach using ctrl+a+d. But when try to reattach the screen using,
screen -r <...
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indicator-keyboard-service crashed with signal 5
Recently when I boot my PC in the initial session Ubuntu show me an error (listed in title)
Error initial session of ubuntu
recently I installed web cam HD3000 but it works well instead error.
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Is it possible to VNC into a separate desktop?
I'm currently running Ubuntu 15.10 on my home-theater and I'm frequently using Remmina Remote Desktop Client to manage the box. Since the home-theater is frequently in use playing it's video duties, ...
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Lost firefox tabs due to crash
I use the Save Session version 1.3.1.6.1 plugin in firefox to save my current sessions. I had kept 3 windows full of tabs for all almost a year when yesterday my firefox crashed. Now I can't find any ...
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What does it mean to restart your session?
I just went into the gnome-control-center > Region & Language and changed the Formats section to Russian Federation, however now it is tell me to restart the session:
But what does this mean? ...
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Error on loading after upgrade to 14.04LTS
I have recently upgraded my system to 14.04LTS from 12.04LTS.
After the kubuntu display, I received this message
Error found when loading /home/username/.profile :\n\nstdin is not a tty\n\n As a ...
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How to record all modifications to directories, subdirectories and files in one session?
How can I record all the modifications to directories, subdirectories and files made during one session (ie. during login time)?
For example, listing all the files/folders that were modified, and ...
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run a script when a session starts [duplicate]
I'm using ubuntu 15.10(unity), I want some scripts running when a session starts. I tried the following methods:
Put those scripts in the file ~/.xsession, but it didn't work (It worked when I ...
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PATH is unsetted in console mode
I have a login loop problem so I tried to use the command mode CTRL+ALT+F1 and the problem is that all the classic commands won't work and I feel like that is the root of the problem.
When I open the ...
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dconf editor "auto-save-session" not working? 14.04
so I'm quite new and just started using ubuntu, and I've heard about ubuntu being able to remember all my last windows (enabling "auto-save-session" via dconf editor). And no matter how many times I ...
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How can I reset NX sessions?
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 and x2goserver. The x2go sessions boot into openbox, which starts a java program as defined in its autostart profile.
Question is, if I make an update to this java ...
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I start off in TTY7, but end up in TTY2, how come?
When I start my machine, I first see that I am in TTY1, and then the mouse appears and I am in TTY7. It's a little odd, but doesn't bother me too much. However, and I think that this only happens ...
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Run daemons before logging-in
I have some daemons to run once boot is finished, the main one is a Wifi AP.
My question is: how to ensure the daemon run even if I'm not logged-in ?
EDIT init.d: in spite of gøøg1ing about, I dont ...
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How to uninstall Gnome Desktop
I installed the gnome desktop (not the shell) alongside the default Unity desktop but I decided to not use it as I prefer the Unity desktop. I want to uninstall gnome.
I already tried the cd /usr/...
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XRDP - Connect to the same session (multiple users)
I'm trying to setup a rdp server, but I have some problems with sessions. Basically the user should connect to the same (existing) session, but I can't find a solution featuring multiple users.
I ...
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resuming SSH sessions
I often end up on the interstate, using a Windows-based laptop to SSH via my cell phone connection into my Ubuntu dev machine. Between the idosyncracies of cell phone connections, plus stopping for ...
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How to prevent auto-pausing processes in an inactive user session?
For a while now when I switch between two user sessions the inactive one in some cases will stop executing GUI processes. This way I'm forced waiting for another session to load and can't do something ...
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How do you disable auto-start apps just for remote sessions?
There's a lot of answers on how to disable auto-starting of applications for a single user or for globally on a system. However, most auto-start applications, you do want to start for the console user,...
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Can't log into my session even in recovery mode
I've recovered my session password in recovery mode
(By doing
enter recovery mode
loadkeys fr
mount -o rw,remount /
passwd me
wrote password in a paper
)
But when I restart the computer, entering ...
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Apache2 application php session can't be killed
I have php application running on my server, which many users can login, edit and logout using web access (apache2)
I am trying to kill (end) all currently opened sessions (to make all users login ...
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Save session settings in KDE environment without shutting down
When Kubuntu is shut down, the session settings are saved: Programs which were opened, plasma settings, etc. When restarted these settings are restored. e.g. the programs which were open, are opened ...
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Starting a program in a Screen session via SSH
Okay, there are a few similar topics to this one, but what I want to do is run a program in a screen session on a remote computer.
Taking my lead from this thread
In the hope that it is correct, I ...
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Taking a screenshot of current user's session
(Forgive me if my terminology is not quite accurate here)
I have a cron job set up that uses scrot to take screenshots of my desktop at various intervals.
However, when I switch user to another ...
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Running two sessions of Cinnamon
maybe this is a stupid question, but is it possible to run two sessions of a desktop envoirement at the same time (preferrably Cinnamon) and be able to switch between them like you can switch between ...
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User account login history showing incorrectly
I have found that in System Settings > User Accounts that if you select an account and then select the button called History (which is meant to show the login history for that account), it will ...
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Installed Pantheon on Ubuntu 14.04, can't access it
I have installed Elementary OS's Pantheon on Ubuntu 14.04 following the instructions in here installation guide.
After doing what the first answer says, I rebooted and found that there is no icon to ...
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If someone switches user from my lock screen, can I get back into my session?
Someone accessed my lock screen and switched user while I had some unsaved work in progress. Can I get back to my session? When I try to access it, it just appears as a new session.
EDIT: I've just ...
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14.04: Unlocking the screen after sleep logs user off and back on
This happened to me just now. I opened my laptop, and got the unlock screen. I entered my password and then it asked me for the password again (it didn't say the password was incorrect, it just asked ...
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How to make KDE remember your opened windows across sessions?
This used to work on Kubuntu 14, 13, etc... but since the upgrade to Kubuntu 15.04, after I login only some of my windows re-open automatically. And some of those that do are not in the position I ...
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Ubuntu freeze on logout
I've just installed Ubuntu 15.04 and I'm experiencing a trouble when I try to logout. I think this is a recurrent problem with Ubuntu since I already experienced this same problem with release 14.10 (...
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This session is locked - problem
When I try to login after resuming from a suspend, I get this message with a huge lock icon.
This session is locked - you will be redirected to the unlock dialog automatically in a few seconds
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How to check which processes are still active after a user session has logged out
I am needing to do some debugging work, and as a part of that debugging work I need to know if there are any processes still running after a user session has logged out. And I need to specifically be ...
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X session lost after some idle time with screen locked
When taking a break from working in my laptop (Xubuntu 14.10), I always lock the screen on my pc, keeping many applications running. Usually all is normal, regardless of the idle time I take. However, ...
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GNOME 3 Not Logging Out on Laptop Close
I'm having trouble trying to set GNOME to logout my current users on a laptop close and after x minutes of activity. I've tried running
gnome-tweak-tool
directly from terminal, but I'm constantly ...
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How can I switch to Unity/Ubuntu mode from xbmc kodi? [duplicate]
I selected the xbmc default mode via switch user. Now my computer directs me to xbmc. I want to switch to my default Ubuntu 14.04 desktop. I tried to exit, but it starts again in xbmc.
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The letter 'C' is missing from GNOME
Well this is an odd issue that I've come across.
I've just recently installed the GNOME shell and it's been having an issue with displaying an upper case C.
This also happens with notifications:
The ...
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Can't get to desktop after login
I need some help: I shut down my laptop (Ubuntu 14.04), forgetting I was installing software, and now I can't get to unity after logging in. I just see my background picture.
Logging in a guest works,...
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Session locked after xubuntu-desktop installing
After the installing xubuntu-desktop i've removed it. Now when my PC go to sleep mode and wake up then i see standard ubuntu login window. Ok. I write my password and i see black screen with randomly ...
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How to identify with desktop environment id installed to configure lightdm-theme
I have a creepy problem here. I have to identify the desktop environment installed by an user without to know with one it's used by a user to change the user session value in some lightdm-files.
The ...
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Is it possible to put a GUI to more than just TTY7?
My question is pretty much the title. I often use TTYs for handling different matters in parallel. This could be for instance:
something local on TTY1
per SSH on ServerA on TTY2
per SSH on ServerB on ...
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Black screen after switching session
I’m experiencing a black screen/block in this situation:
user A begins a session
switch to user B
return to user A:---black screen---
No possibility of ctrl+alt+f7.
Can anybody help me?
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Problem with LightDm on Ubuntu 14.04 server
I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04 server and installed lightDM (apt-get install lightdm) , started lightdm (start lightdm) a login screen appears with an error "Failed to start session" as ...