[Bug 881507] [NEW] Firefox opens windows and tabs from last session even though the option is disabled.

[Alistair Buxton]

Public bug reported:

To reproduce:

1. Open firefox settings and change "When firefox starts" to "Show my homepage"
2. Open lots of windows and tabs of firefox.
3. Reboot the computer.
4. Open firefox. All the old windows and tabs load up.

This seems to happen because firefox behaves differently on startup if
it thinks it crashed. It will try to reopen all the old tabs once. If it
crashes again, then it will show the option of reopening tabs or
starting a new session.

This is annoying though, because on a reboot it looks like it is just
ignoring the setting.

>From this reasoning I assume that firefox does not exit cleanly when you
log out of gnome, the true cause of this bug.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: firefox 7.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC2:  al         2013 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  al         2013 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC1:  al         2013 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20111008085652
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xf9ff4000 irq 16'
   Mixer name	: 'VIA VT1708S'
   Components	: 'HDA:11060397,1043836c,00100000'
   Controls      : 36
   Simple ctrls  : 20
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'Bt878'/'Brooktree Bt878 at 0xf8fff000, irq 20'
   Mixer name	: 'Bt87x'
   Components	: ''
   Controls      : 3
   Simple ctrls  : 5
Card2.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:2 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xfbdfc000 irq 19'
   Mixer name	: 'Nvidia GPU 0d HDMI/DP'
   Components	: 'HDA:10de000d,10de0101,00100100'
   Controls      : 16
   Simple ctrls  : 4
Channel: release
Date: Tue Oct 25 17:11:32 2011
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110921.2)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.0.1 dev eth0  proto static 
 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0  scope link  metric 1000 
 192.168.0.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.0.5  metric 1
IwConfig:
 lo        no wireless extensions.
 
 eth0      no wireless extensions.
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=7.0.1/20111008085652 (Running)
RfKill:
 0: hci0: Bluetooth
 	Soft blocked: no
 	Hard blocked: no
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-09 (15 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 11/25/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0704
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: M4A79XTD EVO
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0X
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0704:bd11/25/2009:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM4A79XTDEVO:rvrRevX.0X:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric running-unity

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