Version: (using KDE KDE 3.5.2) Installed from: Debian testing/unstable Packages OS: Linux I use explicit saved sessions. Since a few KDE releases only applications (windows) that were restored from a session are saved when i 'Save Session'. The only exception is a sub-session in a konsole. New konsoles aren't saved. My current KDE Session originates from somewhere around the KDE-Version from 3-4 years ago and was updated with every following KDE-Release. I haven't tried killing "~/.kde" as there was a little bit of work in the configuration in those years. :-)
I cannot reproduce, please provide specific steps how to reproduce the problem with clean KDE setup (back up your ~/.kde somewhere and delete).
I think this is rather pointless as we can assume that it will work with a clean KDE setup, otherwise there would have been a bug-report earlier. Addionally i don't know how i "produced" this bug, so i don't think i can reproduce it with a clean setup. What files do i have to edit/delete to just kill (the/all) saved sessions? Or should it be enough to switch to "Start with empty session" with kcontrol and revert to 'Restore manually saved session' after startup with a clean session? Or what files would you need so you may reproduce it yourself? My complete .kde-Directoy is 1MB as a .tar.bz2 but i guess there would be a few files you don't need. :-) My session consists of 12 Desktops, Dual-Head=2x1280x1024. 20 konsoles (many having several "sub"-windows), 1 konqueror and last but not least kwin
Files related to session management should be only ~/.kde/share/config/ksmserverrc and ~/.kde/share/config/session/* . You could try if just using these files with a clean KDE makes it possible to reproduce the problem.
With the original-.kde i found out that new "konqueror"-windows are correctly saved and restored only new konsoles don't want to be saved and restored. After i deleted .kde and started a new session all konsoles Segfault when i execute "Save Session". Same with the session-data copied over from the backup, the "old" konsoles stay the new ones Segfault. Then i restored .kde and deleted the said files, after this konsoles aren't saved and restored haven't tried any other program. As i use a self-build konsole-package (The adding of the current screen to the scrollback-buffer is so annoying that i have to build the konsole-package, with the 3 lines doing that removed, myself.) So i deinstalled my version of the package and installed the original Version (3.5.2-2) but the problem stays the same. Any other suggestions?
Can you try something else than just konqueror and konsole?
I tried once with a clean session and once with my current session. -KSysGuard -KCalc -KWrite -Kate All are saved and restored fine. This time the additional konsole Segfaulted in both cases after executing "Save Session".
Please attach backtrace from the Konsole crash.
Created attachment 15801 [details] Backtrage of konsole crashing after "Save Session"
I tried to remember when i had my last changes in my session, which must have been somewhere after June 2005, and search for "konsole" in my archived daily-update-list of SID. As i am experiencing this bug for at least about half a year now, 2 KDE releases fall into the timeframe: KDE 3.4.2: 28.8.2005 KDE 3.4.3: 3.12.2005
KDE 3.5.3 contains some fixes in this area. Do you still see the bug with this release?
Yes. No visible change for me whatsoever. Anything more i can provide?
First. I still had that Bug with KDE 3.5.4, on 3 different Computers, i have NOT retried with current 3.5.5(a) because: After experimenting a bit with "kstart" i now have "manually" scripted my session. So i won't be needing the KDE-Session-Management anymore.