Just to keep you informed. Firefox 70 session manager remembers the
window position for multiple desktops correctly (note: no multi monitor
setup), but it mixes the content (tabs from one window appear in
another), hence I'm back to be afraid of reboots. Here's my current
procedure.
Prepare for reboot: save current session
$ ff-backup-session-recovery.sh
Reboot
# session is fscked up again, kill firefox
Restore session from backup
$ ff-backup-session-recovery.sh list
[...]
-rw------- 1 hp lisa 1156380 29. Okt 12:08 recovery.jsonlz4.20191029-120926
[...]
$ ff-backup-session-recovery.sh restore recovery.jsonlz4.20191029-120926
Start Firefox 70 from first desktop
Distribute all FF windows to the desktop, they belong to.
Work.
The script is executed via crontab every night as well.
The FF gods seem to try everything to get rid of me as a user!
ff-backup-session-recovery.sh:
```
#!/bin/bash
#ssb=$(ls -d ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default-esr68/sessionstore-backups)
ssb=$(find ~/.mozilla/firefox -regex '.*.default-[0-9]+')/sessionstore-backups
err() {
echo $* >&2
exit 2
}
usage() {
cat >&2 <<EOF
Store/list/restore firefox session backups
Usage: $0 [-hv] [-s ssb] [store]|restore ts|list
-h this message
-v verbose operation
-s ssb sessionstore-backups folder
Without arguments, default action is store.
Specify restore ts to restore the session backup, e.g.:
$0 restore 20190823-044501
Given, recovery.jsonlz4.20190823-044501 exists, and is readable.
Usually, the sessionstore-backups folder is detected automatically.
EOF
echo 1
}
while getopts hvs: par ; do
case $par in
h) usage;;
v) set -o xtrace;;
s) ssb="$OPTARG";;
esac
done
shift $(($OPTIND - 1))
# check ssb validity
[ $(echo "$ssb" | wc -w) -eq 1 -a -d "$ssb" ] || err "$ssb: invalid
sessionstore-backups folder"
action=store
[ -n "$1" ] && { action=$1; shift; }
case $action in
store)
ssr=$ssb/recovery.jsonlz4
ts=$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)
[ -f "$ssr" ] && cp -a "$ssr" "$ssr.$ts" || err "$ssr not found"
;;
list)
pushd $ssb &>/dev/null
ls -ltr recovery.jsonlz4*
popd &>/dev/null
;;
restore)
ssr=$ssb/recovery.jsonlz4
# remove recovery.jsonlz4. from ts argument
ts=${1##recovery.jsonlz4.}
[ -n "$ts" ] || err "no timestamp specified, check with list"
[ -f "$ssr~" ] && mv "$ssr~" "$ssr~~"
[ -f "$ssr" ] && mv "$ssr" "$ssr~"
[ -f "$ssr.$ts" ] && cp -a "$ssr.$ts" "$ssr" || err "$ssr.$ts not found"
;;
*)
err "unknown command: $action"
;;
esac
exit 0
```
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/684982
Title:
Firefox windows don't restore on correct workspaces
Status in Mozilla Firefox:
Confirmed
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Binary package hint: firefox
Create two workspaces
Open one firefox window on the first workspace, second on the second one.
Quit (or crash) firefox, specifying "Yes, remember my windows"
Expected behavior: second window shows up on second workspace
Actual behavior: Both windows appear on the current workspace
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