Version: kdebase-workspace-bin / 4:4.2.1a-0ubuntu1~intrepid1 (using KDE 4.2.1) OS: Linux Installed from: Ubuntu Packages I configured the following option in system-settings: - System-Settings -> Advanced -> Session Manager -> On Login -> Restore manually stored session - After customizing the desktop select the follwing action in application launcher Application Launcher -> Leave -> Save Session If my system is now stopped without a shutdown (i.e. if my laptop now runs out of battery power) almost (i.e. not the modifications in the application launcher) all the stored desktop settings stored by the "Save session" operation are lost. This is not what i expect :-) This also happens for other settings in "System-Settings -> Advanced -> Session Manager -> On Login" I really like KDE, thanks for writing this great desktop!
this sounds like another instance of the "zero-sized files after crash" problem. are you using ext4 or xfs by any chance?
Indeed i use XFS for my homedir.... $ find . -size 0 ./share/apps/kabc/std.vcf ./share/apps/kabc/std.vcf_2 ./share/apps/kabc/std.vcf_4 ./share/apps/kabc/std.vcf_5 ./share/apps/kfileplaces/bookmarks.xml.tbcache ./share/apps/networkmanagement/connections/{bd8889e3-347a-4479-8114-d9d0b07066ba} ./share/apps/amarok/my.cnf ./share/apps/amarok/mysqle/amarok/composers.MYD ./share/apps/amarok/mysqle/amarok/amazon.MYD ./share/apps/amarok/mysqle/amarok/lyrics.MYD ./share/apps/amarok/mysqle/amarok/devices.MYD ./share/apps/amarok/mysqle/amarok/urls.MYD ./share/apps/amarok/mysqle/amarok/labels.MYD ./share/apps/amarok/mysqle/amarok/playlist_tracks.MYD ./share/apps/amarok/mysqle/amarok/playlist_groups.MYD ./share/apps/amarok/mysqle/amarok/artists.MYD ./share/apps/amarok/mysqle/amarok/podcastchannels.MYD ./share/apps/amarok/mysqle/amarok/podcastepisodes.MYD ./share/apps/amarok/mysqle/amarok/images.MYD ./share/apps/amarok/mysqle/amarok/genres.MYD ./share/apps/amarok/mysqle/amarok/playlists.MYD ./share/apps/amarok/mysqle/amarok/tracks.MYD ./share/apps/amarok/mysqle/amarok/statistics.MYD ./share/apps/amarok/mysqle/amarok/urls_labels.MYD ./share/apps/amarok/mysqle/amarok/albums.MYD ./share/apps/amarok/mysqle/amarok/years.MYD ./share/apps/amarok/dynamic.xml
you will certainly have even more of these right after the crash before kde boots up and re-intializes (many of) the configs. you will find some semi-good news in the linked report, but that's about all we can offer. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 187172 ***