Re: [gentoo-user] KDE reboot not preserving running applications
On Wednesday, 29 August 2018 01:51:06 BST Andrew Udvare wrote: > > On 2018-08-28, at 18:24, Daniel Frey wrote: > > > > On 08/28/18 02:57, Peter Humphrey wrote: > >> Hello list, > >> > >> After a reboot I get "Too many clients" from the remote krells, the > >> local krell is absent (and if I restart it it comes up in the centre > >> of the screen) and Firefox attempts to run two instances. I have to > >> pkill the lot and start them again. > >> > >> If I stop these programs before rebooting, all is well when I restart > >> them later, so I suspect the KDE/plasma setup is the guilty party. > >> > >> I've reinstalled the complete system on bare silicon, created new > >> accounts for myself, and anything else I can think of, just to be sure > >> that I have nothing untoward hanging about. > >> > >> Is anyone else having this problem? > > Was it ever perfect? Always, up to the recent onset of misbehaviour. > I have given up on relying on this feature especially since Chromium does > not even launch after logging in again (has not happened in a long time). I don't often use Chromium so that doesn't bother me. > I just have keyboard shortcuts set up to get things back to how I want > them (tiled in various ways, like 50% width, 25% width/height top-left/ > bottom-left/..., etc). Perhaps I should look into that. Meanwhile it's reassuring that I'm not going ga-ga and imagining this. -- Regards, Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE reboot not preserving running applications
On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 20:51:06 -0400, Andrew Udvare wrote: > Was it ever perfect? I have given up on relying on this feature > especially since Chromium does not even launch after logging in again > (has not happened in a long time). I just have keyboard shortcuts set > up to get things back to how I want them (tiled in various ways, like > 50% width, 25% width/height top-left/bottom-left/..., etc). Chromium never did, so I dropped its desktop file into ~/.config/autostart. It was only when you posted this that I remember Chromium wasn't being started by the session manager -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 24: New classic pgps5JtHk1oEE.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE reboot not preserving running applications
> On 2018-08-28, at 18:24, Daniel Frey wrote: > > On 08/28/18 02:57, Peter Humphrey wrote: >> Hello list, >> >> After a reboot I get "Too many clients" from the remote krells, the local >> krell is absent (and if I restart it it comes up in the centre of the >> screen) and Firefox attempts to run two instances. I have to pkill the lot >> and start them again. >> >> If I stop these programs before rebooting, all is well when I restart them >> later, so I suspect the KDE/plasma setup is the guilty party. >> >> I've reinstalled the complete system on bare silicon, created new accounts >> for myself, and anything else I can think of, just to be sure that I have >> nothing untoward hanging about. >> >> Is anyone else having this problem? Was it ever perfect? I have given up on relying on this feature especially since Chromium does not even launch after logging in again (has not happened in a long time). I just have keyboard shortcuts set up to get things back to how I want them (tiled in various ways, like 50% width, 25% width/height top-left/bottom-left/..., etc). -- Andrew
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE reboot not preserving running applications
On 08/28/18 02:57, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > > Since about the time of the last batch of plasma upgrades (I forget whether > it was applications, frameworks or Qt), every time I reboot the box from the > KDE reboot dialogue, when I log in again I get duplicated apps and others > with forgotten places and sizes. > > The attached screenshot shows a desktop with an empty KMail ready to receive > imported messages and generally get going, together with gkrellm showing > three computers. > > After a reboot I get "Too many clients" from the remote krells, the local > krell is absent (and if I restart it it comes up in the centre of the screen) > and Firefox attempts to run two instances. I have to pkill the lot and start > them again. > > If I stop these programs before rebooting, all is well when I restart them > later, so I suspect the KDE/plasma setup is the guilty party. > > I've reinstalled the complete system on bare silicon, created new accounts > for myself, and anything else I can think of, just to be sure that I have > nothing untoward hanging about. > > Is anyone else having this problem? > I've had the problem where it doesn't open any remembered windows at all. I remembered this after I read this message. I've also had the weird bug(?) resurface where it asks me twice for a lock screen password. Some time ago I fixed that with an `emerge -e --keep-going @world` but am waiting for cooler weather to let my PC chug through that again. Dan
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE reboot not preserving running applications
On Tuesday, 28 August 2018 11:51:04 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 09:57:49 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Is anyone else having this problem? > > I can't answer for everyone, but I'm not. I was sure I'd have heard all about it if anyone had been, but it was worth asking anyway. I would suspect hardware, but this is all I have to go on: 1. Smartd has been running regular tests on this NVMe disk and not reported anything. 2. I've now changed the partition layout to ensure I was using new silicon; I shrank the /boot partition from 2G to 0.5G, so all the other partitions started 1.5G earlier on the disk. 3. During all the reloading from an external drive I found a suspect USB port. I also noticed the UEFI startup process flickering the cursor around the screen before displaying the list of kernels. I haven't used that USB port since, and the flickering has subsided. 4. I can't imagine it's a memory failure because of the repeatability of the problems. So, things it isn't: memory, disk, power supply, software (identical USE etc. to before the problem appeared) - anything that would cause random errors. The only other thing I can think of to do is to combine the first two partitions into one: that is, the empty partition for the UEFI and the VFAT /boot. You can see, though, that I'm reduced to clutching at straws. -- Regards, Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE reboot not preserving running applications
On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 09:57:49 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Is anyone else having this problem? I can't answer for everyone, but I'm not. -- Neil Bothwick Advanced: (adj.) doesn't work yet, but it's pretty close. See: bug, glitch. pgpLSbPjSBY69.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
[gentoo-user] KDE reboot not preserving running applications
Hello list, Since about the time of the last batch of plasma upgrades (I forget whether it was applications, frameworks or Qt), every time I reboot the box from the KDE reboot dialogue, when I log in again I get duplicated apps and others with forgotten places and sizes. The attached screenshot shows a desktop with an empty KMail ready to receive imported messages and generally get going, together with gkrellm showing three computers. After a reboot I get "Too many clients" from the remote krells, the local krell is absent (and if I restart it it comes up in the centre of the screen) and Firefox attempts to run two instances. I have to pkill the lot and start them again. If I stop these programs before rebooting, all is well when I restart them later, so I suspect the KDE/plasma setup is the guilty party. I've reinstalled the complete system on bare silicon, created new accounts for myself, and anything else I can think of, just to be sure that I have nothing untoward hanging about. Is anyone else having this problem? -- Regards, Peter.
