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Is that app maybe autostarted?
No, it is not. There is nothing in .config/autostart. Is there another place for autostart? I see it in .config/ksmserverrc as: -------------------- [LegacySession: saved at previous logout] clientMachine1=localhost clientMachine2=localhost command1=gkrellm command2=gkrellm count=2 ---------------------- I also see multiple instances I (after logging in and out) in kwin_saved\ at\ previous\ logout_ resourceClass1=Gkrellm resourceClass2=Gkrellm resourceClass3=plasmashell resourceClass4=Gkrellm resourceClass5=gkrellm resourceClass6=plasmashell resourceName1=gkrellm resourceName2=gkrellm resourceName3=plasmashell resourceName4=gkrellm resourceName5=gkrellm resourceName6=plasmashell ...... wmCommand1=gkrellm\s wmCommand2=gkrellm\s wmCommand3= wmCommand4=gkrellm\s wmCommand5=gkrellm\s wmCommand6=
Also in, .local/share/plasmasessionrestore/plasmasessionrestorestaterc [0] appId=gnome-gkrellm.desktop [1] appId=gnome-gkrellm.desktop
The logout works with Plasma Wayland. The problem seems to be with Plasma(X1). However, I can't use Wayland because some apps are very jittery, like chrome and linreoffice.
Does every log in add a new instance of .config/ksmserverrc ? If you close the instances, does the process maybe keep running?
Actually the files in comment #2 were the problen. I went ahead and edited them, removing all the extra accurances of gkrellm and plasmashell and just leaving one instance. After that it stopped adding additional instances, I think what happened is that every time I got a new workstations I copied my old home directory to the new one, which may have created multiple instances after new login. In any case I fixed it on all my computers. I think we can close this case.
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per comment #6 the issue is resolved.