How to permanently disable the "save session" feature in Xubuntu?
I'm running Xubuntu 13.10 with xfce4-panel 4.10.1 and my sessions keeps getting saved involuntarily. I'm well aware that this is a bug so I'd like to ask if anyone knows a workaround to permanently disable/delete this feature (by removing/editing some files maybe)?
I've spent hours searching and tried a lot of the methods already but none of them worked, or at least were not permanent. Some of the stuff I've tried:
How can I turn off Xfce session saving system-wide?
(This basically just removed the tick-box in the logout prompt)
Xubuntu reopens last session applications even though it shouldn't
(Deleting the cached sessions was not a permanent solution)
I would greatly appreciate your help!
My temorarily solution:
I created a simple bash script and placed an application launcher (which runs the script when pressed) on my task panel. The script will delete the "~/.cache/sessions" directory and promt log out.The script can be found here: http://pastebin.com/aqx483pn
Basically this will be the button which you use to logout/reboot/shutdown.
Update: This only occurs if you added "restart" to the listing, in your "Action Button" (the button with your username written on). If you restart using log out -> restart
it should reboot normally and not save your session. Thus, the temporarily solution above is not necessary, I will leave it there as a reference.
Solution 1:
The solution is two-step.
-
Disable
Automatically save sessions on logout
inSettings > Sessions > General > Logout Settings
. Also make sure that you disableSave session for future logins
in theLogout prompt
(the window that pops when you actually try to logout).See:
- How do I totally disable all forms of session management in Xubuntu?
-
You need to log out, delete the contents of
~/.cache/sessions
, then log into a clean session. (You can also delete your current session viaSettings > Sessions > Session > Clear Saved Sessions
.)See:
- Xubuntu reopens last session applications even though it shouldn't
Solution 2:
Delete existing sessions:
$ rm .cache/session/*
Make directory read-only:
$ chmod -w .cache/session
You can enable session-saving by granting Write right on the directory:
$ chmod +w .cache/session
(Tested with Xubuntu 14.04)
Solution 3:
I'm sorry if it isn't answer, but I can't comment.
I have had same problem with that bug. And I "resolved" it by using "delete part" of your script:
#!/bin/bash
#edit.1: It will be launched by root, so we have to use full path here.
DIR=/home/USERFOLDER/.cache/sessions/
delete_sessions(){
# Deletes whatever is in DIR
rm -r -- "$DIR"
}
is_directory(){
if [ -d "$DIR" ]; then
delete_sessions
else
echo "wtf man, it's not there?!"
fi
}
is_directory
I execute this-way modified script on reboot and shutdown.
This can be set-up according to instructions on site: http://en.kioskea.net/faq/3348-ubuntu-executing-a-script-at-startup-and-shutdown