Remembering sessions

[Ray Parrish]

Ray Parrish wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I noticed that in Preferences, Sessions there is a tab which has a check 
> box for remembering programs at log off, and a remember currently 
> running programs button.
>
> Last night before shutting down I clicked the remember currently running 
> programs button to save my session. When I logged on this morning I 
> didn't get what I expected.
>
> Sessions only started Firefox, missing Thunderbird which I also wanted 
> started, which was running when I clicked the remember button. It also 
> started a second copy of Kalarm which I normally start from a call in 
> the Sessions Startup Programs entries.
>
> That seems a bit buggy to me. I would think it would check to see if a 
> program was already in the Startup Programs, and not start a second copy.
>
> I'm looking at the Sessions help and it claims there is an Add Session 
> button on the Session Options tab, but no button exists on that tab 
> other than the "Remember Currently Running Programs" button. Help also 
> claims that there are several other settings on that tab which I do not 
> find.
>
> I'm on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy.
>
> Later, Ray Parrish
>
>   
I now notice that in the Current Session tab, Sessions doesn't even see 
Thunderbird although I'm using it to write this. What am I missing here?

Later, Ray Parrish

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