Bug 147795

Summary: [DATA LOSS] Logging out before KDE is fully loaded loses desktop state
Product: [I don't know] kde Reporter: Richard Hartmann <richih-kde>
Component: generalAssignee: Stephan Kulow <coolo>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: esigra, nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
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Description Richard Hartmann 2007-07-11 21:08:18 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.7)

When your KDE session closes before it is fully loaded, you lose state, for example the saved Konqueror windows. This means that when you start your laptop and have almost no battery left, KDE will shut down your computer and next time you log in, your windows are gone.

Reproduce:
1) Open a few Konqueror windows
2) Set critical battery threshold to 70% (or something else that is not too low) and choose shutdown as action.
3) Log out of KDE
4) Disconnect power cable and use up some battery time
5) Log in to KDE
6) KDE will load some applications, realize the battery is low, shut down your computer
7) Reload battery and boot
8) Log in to KDE
9) Your saved windows are gone


Proposed resolutions:
1) Make KDE aware of the state it is in when shutting down/logging out and only save the session information if the previous session was loaded successfully
2) Offer a session backtrace that let's you choose from the last X sessions which windows you want to open (possible with some merge ability)
Comment 1 Richard Hartmann 2007-12-18 18:33:09 UTC 
In light of the impeding KDE4 release, I am going through all bug reports I am involved in. To the best of my knowledge, this issue is still open.
Comment 2 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-02 23:02:41 UTC 
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? I am setting the status to NEEDSINFO pending your response, please change the Status back to REPORTED when you respond.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 3 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-16 05:36:01 UTC 
Dear Bug Submitter,

This is a reminder that this bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version?

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2020-09-28 23:30:07 UTC 
No response; assuming it was fixed since then.