How to logout / save session?
M. Glenn Lewis
mlewis00 at tctwest.net
Fri Jul 9 20:04:38 CEST 2004
Hopefully this is not a question with an obvious answer (although sometimes
those are the type of problems that are the most easily overlooked), but I
have searched Google, etc. with no success.
I have just started using Xfce4 4.0.5-1 (on Debian Sarge) and am impressed!
However, I seem to be unable to figure out how to logout and save my current
session. There is no 'Logout' button or menu item to be found anywhere.
I have been unable to determine a definitive answer to this question using
Google after many searches using various keywords / phrases.
I was starting Xfce4 with 'startxfce4' from the command line so that I could
pipe the output to a log file until I get the environment stabilized with
no error messages.
In pursuant to a solution of the logout / save session problem, I also ran
'xfce4_setup' and then started Xfce4 from the 'gdm' login screen - the
results are the same and I am still unable to save the session.
Here is the contents of my '.xsession' file (created by 'xfce4_setup'):
<quote>
/usr/bin/xfce-mcs-manager
/usr/bin/xfwm4 --daemon
/usr/bin/xftaskbar4 &
/usr/bin/xfdesktop &
exec /usr/bin/xfce4-panel
</quote>
It is interesting to note that there are two files in
$HOME//.xfce4/sessions/, the first of which I created (with 'touch') to
eliminate an error message from Xfce4.
xfsm-localhost (binary file)
xfwm4-117f000001000108934526700000018830001
These files seem to contain the information required to restore a session
but I have no idea how the information was saved to the files as I am
unable to cause any change in either of the files - the contents of the
text file follows.
$HOME//.xfce4/sessions/xfwm4-117f000001000108934526700000018830001
<quote>
[CLIENT] 0x1600022
[CLIENT_ID] 117f000001000108934577100000018830007
[CLIENT_LEADER] 0x1600022
[RES_NAME] xterm
[RES_CLASS] UXTerm
[WM_NAME] user at localhost: /home/user
[WM_COMMAND] (8) "xterm" "-class" "UXTerm" "-title" "uxterm" "-u8"
"-title" "Terminal"
[GEOMETRY] (6,27,784,563)
[GEOMETRY-MAXIMIZED] (6,27,484,316)
[DESK] 0
[FLAGS] 0x200c0000
[CLIENT] 0x1800007
[CLIENT_ID] 117f000001000108934579900000018830008
[CLIENT_LEADER] 0x1800002
[RES_NAME] konqueror
[RES_CLASS] konqueror
[WM_NAME] Google Search: gnome "save session" - Konqueror
[WM_COMMAND] (1) "konqueror"
[GEOMETRY] (6,27,788,567)
[GEOMETRY-MAXIMIZED] (150,107,640,480)
[DESK] 0
[FLAGS] 0x200c0000
[CLIENT] 0x1000099
[CLIENT_ID] 117f000001000108934527000000018830005
[CLIENT_LEADER] 0x1000001
[RES_NAME] xfce4-panel
[RES_CLASS] Xfce4-panel
[WM_NAME] XFce Panel
[WM_COMMAND] (1) "xfce4-panel"
[GEOMETRY] (114,596,572,5)
[GEOMETRY-MAXIMIZED] (114,558,572,42)
[DESK] 0
[FLAGS] 0x1000000
[CLIENT] 0xe00003
[CLIENT_ID] 117f000001000108934527000000018830002
[CLIENT_LEADER] 0xe00001
[RES_NAME] xftaskbar4
[RES_CLASS] Xftaskbar4
[WM_NAME] Task List
[WM_COMMAND] (1) "xftaskbar4"
[GEOMETRY] (0,0,800,5)
[GEOMETRY-MAXIMIZED] (0,0,800,1)
[DESK] 0
[FLAGS] 0x1000000
[CLIENT] 0x1400003
[CLIENT_ID] 117f000001000108934527000000018830003
[CLIENT_LEADER] 0x1400001
[RES_NAME] xfce4-iconbox
[RES_CLASS] Xfce4-iconbox
[WM_NAME] Lil' Star - IconBoxWindow
[WM_COMMAND] (1) "xfce4-iconbox"
[GEOMETRY] (799,599,1,1)
[GEOMETRY-MAXIMIZED] (772,564,28,36)
[DESK] 0
[FLAGS] 0x1000000
[CLIENT] 0x1200003
[CLIENT_ID] 117f000001000108934527000000018830004
[CLIENT_LEADER] 0x1200001
[RES_NAME] xfdesktop
[RES_CLASS] Xfdesktop
[WM_NAME] Desktop
[WM_COMMAND] (1) "xfdesktop"
[GEOMETRY] (0,0,800,600)
[GEOMETRY-MAXIMIZED] (0,0,800,600)
[DESK] 0
[FLAGS] 0x1000000
</quote>
<paranoia>
I am somewhat reluctant to attach the full binary file as I am unable to
determine its contents :-) However, I have attached a modified version
(binary data replaced with '.' and personal information changed) of the
binary file.
</paranoia>
If xfce4 is unable to save / restore sessions at this time I can wait until
that capability is implemented, however, I would like to find out so that I
can stop wasting time on this problem if possible.
TIA
MGL
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^^^^^^^Parts of original message omitted when not needed. *See thread.^^^^^^
M. Glenn Lewis
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........Linux.....i686.....&...117f000001000108934526600000018830000.....local/localhost.........Program.....ARRAY8.........smproxy....UserID.....ARRAY8.........1000....RestartStyleHint.....CARD8..............RestartCommand.
...LISTofARRAY8.........smproxy ...-clientId%...117f000001000108934526600000018830000....-restore.../home/user/.prx5UzQCX....DiscardCommand.....ARRAY8.........rm /home/user/.prx5UzQCX&...117f000001000108934526700000018830001.....local/localhost.........Program.....ARRAY8.........xfwm4....UserID.....ARRAY8.........user....RestartStyleHint.....CARD8..........
...ProcessID.....ARRAY8.........1956....CurrentDirectory.....ARRAY8........./home/user...._GSM_Priority.....CARD8..............RestartCommand.
...LISTofARRAY8.........xfwm4....--daemon....--sm-client-id%...117f000001000108934526700000018830001
...CloneCommand.
...LISTofARRAY8.........xfwm4....--daemon&...117f000001000108934527000000018830002.....local/localhost.........Program.....ARRAY8.....
...xftaskbar4....UserID.....ARRAY8.........user....RestartStyleHint.....CARD8..........
...ProcessID.....ARRAY8.........1958....CurrentDirectory.....ARRAY8........./home/user...._GSM_Priority.....CARD8..............RestartCommand.
...LISTofARRAY8.....
...xftaskbar4....--sm-client-id%...117f000001000108934527000000018830002
...CloneCommand.
...LISTofARRAY8.....
...xftaskbar4&...117f000001000108934527000000018830003.....local/localhost.........Program.....ARRAY8.....
...xfce4-iconbox....UserID.....ARRAY8.........user....RestartStyleHint.....CARD8..........
...ProcessID.....ARRAY8.........1960....CurrentDirectory.....ARRAY8........./home/user...._GSM_Priority.....CARD8.........(....RestartCommand.
...LISTofARRAY8.....
...xfce4-iconbox....--sm-client-id%...117f000001000108934527000000018830003
...CloneCommand.
...LISTofARRAY8.....
...xfce4-iconbox&...117f000001000108934527000000018830004.....local/localhost.........Program.....ARRAY8..... ...xfdesktop....UserID.....ARRAY8.........user....RestartStyleHint.....CARD8..........
...ProcessID.....ARRAY8.........1959....CurrentDirectory.....ARRAY8........./home/user...._GSM_Priority.....CARD8.........#....RestartCommand.
...LISTofARRAY8..... ...xfdesktop....--sm-client-id%...117f000001000108934527000000018830004
...CloneCommand.
...LISTofARRAY8..... ...xfdesktop&...117f000001000108934527000000018830005.....local/localhost.........Program.....ARRAY8.........xfce4-panel....UserID.....ARRAY8.........user....RestartStyleHint.....CARD8..........
...ProcessID.....ARRAY8.........1961....CurrentDirectory.....ARRAY8........./home/user...._GSM_Priority.....CARD8.........(....RestartCommand.
...LISTofARRAY8.........xfce4-panel....--sm-client-id%...117f000001000108934527000000018830005
...CloneCommand.
...LISTofARRAY8.........xfce4-panel&...117f000001000108934577100000018830007.....local/localhost.....
...CloneCommand.
...LISTofARRAY8.........xterm.....-class.....UXTerm.....-title.....uxterm.....-u8.....-title. ...Terminal.....Program.....ARRAY8.........xterm.....RestartCommand.
...LISTofARRAY8.
.......xterm.
...-xtsessionID.&...117f000001000108934577100000018830007.....-class.....UXTerm.....-title.....uxterm.....-u8.....-title. ...Terminal.....UserID.....ARRAY8..... ...user.
...ProcessID.....ARRAY8.........1970.&...117f000001000108934579900000018830008.....local/localhost.........Program.....ARRAY8..... ...konqueror....UserID.....ARRAY8.........user....RestartCommand.
...LISTofARRAY8..... ...konqueror....-session7...117f000001000108934579900000018830008_1089346036_586527....RestartStyleHint.....CARD8.................DiscardCommand.
...LISTofARRAY8.........rmj.../home/user/.kde/share/config/session/konqueror_117f000001000108934579900000018830008_1089346036_586527
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