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GNOME 2 allows one to either save the session automatically or manually (i.e. save the session as it looks right now). This is a nice feature because it restores the various desktop states between logins (and system restarts):

  • which apps were open
  • where (physically) on the desktop were they open
  • what specific window sizes were these apps set to

Looking around, I can't find the feature in GNOME 3? Did I not look hard enough?

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Normally you would Alt-F2 to run gnome-session-properties, and select "Automatically remember running applications when logging out" under the Options tab.

However, it is broken at the moment. There is a bug filed:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=647359

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That works on Fedora 15 (is it even the same bug?). – Tshepang May 25 '11 at 7:40
If Fedora uses a vanilla Gnome3, then yes. So you got it working in spite of the bug, or with it? – jasonwryan May 25 '11 at 7:45
I didn't do anything special. I just selected the option, and can log out and in without a problem, and my session gets restored. – Tshepang May 25 '11 at 8:38
Odd. The bug is still open... Oh well, at least it is working for you. – jasonwryan May 25 '11 at 8:45
for what it's worth, this is most definitely working for me right now in Fedora 16. Thanks jason! – wrongusername Nov 18 '11 at 23:31
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Sadly in 11.10 gnome-session-properties doesn't offer any Option tab with Auto Save Session toggle.

So I installed gconf-editor to flip /apps/gnome-session/options/auto_save_session to TRUE.

Not sure if it works. Once I had to add that missing key as boolean.

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Update: even with this setting, not really, yet, if at all in Gnome3/Unity. Fuller discussion at askubuntu.com/a/78692/38636 – Marcos Jan 31 '12 at 11:05
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It works from the CLI - gnome-session-properties brings up the dialog. I'm not sure where it is on the menu. You can't run it from the Alt+F2 command window with that command though.

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Just to give an update, it runs fine from the Alt+F2 command window in gnome 3.4 from debian. – Alexandre Martins Jun 3 '12 at 5:00
in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS it runs from cli or Alt+F2 (Mod4+r in awesomewm). But running it from anywhere, the auto_save_session option doesn't appear. – isomorphismes May 15 at 7:12

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