[SLUG] session problems Ubuntu Dapper

2006-08-25 Thread Sonia Hamilton
I've noticed that sessions don't work very well in Ubuntu Dapper (compared to Breezy) - anyone know of a solution? What I mean is that the screen position of apps isn't saved on logout, unlike it used to be in Breezy. Also, Dapper now has that 'user friendly' logout out screen - anyone know how to

Re: [SLUG] session problems Ubuntu Dapper

2006-08-25 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
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Re: [SLUG] session problems Ubuntu Dapper

2006-08-25 Thread Sonia Hamilton
* On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 11:26:03AM +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote: > > The more I hear the bemoanings of Ubuntu users, the more I am convinced > that Ubuntu is following the wrong "user friendly" path and has gotten > itself onto the "follow the Microsoft user friendly path" instead of > pursuin

Re: [SLUG] session problems Ubuntu Dapper

2006-08-26 Thread Felix Sheldon
Sonia Hamilton wrote: > I've noticed that sessions don't work very well in Ubuntu Dapper > (compared to Breezy) - anyone know of a solution? What I mean is that > the screen position of apps isn't saved on logout, unlike it used to be > in Breezy. > > Also, Dapper now has that 'user friendly' logou

Re: [SLUG] session problems Ubuntu Dapper

2006-08-26 Thread Jeff Waugh
> I've noticed that sessions don't work very well in Ubuntu Dapper (compared > to Breezy) - anyone know of a solution? What I mean is that the screen > position of apps isn't saved on logout, unlike it used to be in Breezy. Which apps in particular? Unfortunately, due to the way that old-school

Re: [SLUG] session problems Ubuntu Dapper

2006-08-26 Thread Sonia Hamilton
* On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 05:30:15PM +1000, Felix Sheldon wrote: > You probably know about the gnome-save-session command, but I thought I > might as well mention it. Will try that. * On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 05:50:45PM +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: > Which apps in particular? Unfortunately, due to the

Re: [SLUG] session problems Ubuntu Dapper

2006-08-26 Thread Felix Sheldon
Sonia Hamilton wrote: > * On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 05:30:15PM +1000, Felix Sheldon wrote: > >> You probably know about the gnome-save-session command, but I thought I >> might as well mention it. >> > > Will try that. > Oops, that should be gnome-session-save. I type it wrong every second

Re: [SLUG] session problems Ubuntu Dapper

2006-08-26 Thread jam
On Sunday 27 August 2006 06:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I've noticed that sessions don't work very well in Ubuntu Dapper > > (compared to Breezy) - anyone know of a solution? What I mean is that the > > screen position of apps isn't saved on logout, unlike it used to be in > > Breezy. > [snip]

Re: [SLUG] session problems Ubuntu Dapper

2006-08-26 Thread jam
On Sunday 27 August 2006 06:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] > Thanks for all your pointers Jeff, I appreciate it! > > > I can only say sorry. :-) > > Nothing to be sorry about - one sets rather high expectations after using I've found your help to be kind, invaluable, generous so I too reject

Re: [SLUG] session problems Ubuntu Dapper

2006-08-26 Thread Jeff Waugh
> And just FYI and not as a stir > Using KDE on SuSE 9.3, 10, 10.1 I have not seen a single session screwup in > the last 2 years. That's nice, but it's also unrealistic. I suspect it has more to do with what you expect from session support and which applications you use. The problems with ses

Re: [SLUG] session problems Ubuntu Dapper

2006-08-26 Thread Hal
Sonia Hamilton wrote: * On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 05:30:15PM +1000, Felix Sheldon wrote: You probably know about the gnome-save-session command, but I thought I might as well mention it. Will try that. * On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 05:50:45PM +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: Which apps in parti

Re: [SLUG] session problems Ubuntu Dapper

2006-08-27 Thread Sonia Hamilton
* On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 02:52:09PM +1000, Hal wrote: > I use metacity and have installed and configured devilspie which adds > exactly this capability (and one or two more) to metacity. > > eg for firefox the config looks like this: > ~/.devilspie/firefox.ds Thanks! I actually found devilspie