Bug#345675: gnome-session: Saving sessions creates duplicates of some apps

[Mark Brown]

Package: gnome-session
Version: 2.10.0-8
Severity: normal

For some time now (I think since 2.10.0, though I can't be 100% sure
unfortunately - I saw some discussion of the issue at the time of the
upgrade so I didn't investigate it then) whenever I save my GNOME
session on logout I wind up with a session containing a duplicate copy
of the panel.  Since I added liferea to my session that has been
duplicated too.

The entries in my session file for the duplicates are mostly empty, in
the form:

| 2,id=117f000001000113010128600000031210023
| 2,Program=gnome-panel
| 2,CloneCommand=gnome-panel
| 2,RestartCommand=gnome-panel

(ie, missing any session information in the actions or current directory
information).  Manually editing ~/.gnome2/session to remove these
duplicate entries resolves the problem until I next try to save my
session.

I do have two panels (one at the top of my screen and one at the bottom,
though I understand that these will be handled by a single process) but
I only have one copy of liferea open.

Please let me know if you require any further information.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14-2-powerpc
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages gnome-session depends on:
ii  desktop-base             0.3.16          common files for the Debian Deskto
ii  gconf2                   2.10.1-6        GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-control-center     1:2.10.2-1      utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  libatk1.0-0              1.10.3-1        The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0             2.10.1-1        Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libc6                    2.3.5-10        GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libesd0                  0.2.36-1        Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libgconf2-4              2.10.1-6        GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0             2.8.4-2         The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0              2.10.1-1        The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomeui-0             2.10.1-1        The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgtk2.0-0              2.8.9-2         The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                  6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liborbit2                1:2.12.4-1      libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0            1.10.1-2        Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libsm6                   6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System Session Management
ii  libx11-6                 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxmu6                  6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii  libxrandr2               6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii  libxrender1              1:0.9.0.2-1     X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxt6                   6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii  xlibs                    6.9.0.dfsg.1-1  X Window System client libraries m

Versions of packages gnome-session recommends:
ii  dbus-1-utils                  0.23.4-8   simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  gnome-panel                   2.10.2-1   launcher and docking facility for 
ii  metacity                      1:2.10.3-2 A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii  nautilus                      2.10.1-5   file manager and graphical shell f

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