Bug#482639: gnome-session-properties: can not specify startup programs order

[Andreas Unterkircher]

Package: gnome-session
Version: 2.22.0-2
Severity: normal
File: /usr/bin/gnome-session-properties


In former gnome versions it was possible to specify an integer based
priority value for each startup program in gnome-session-properties.
During gnome startup, all programs are then become executed in the order
given by these values.

This was essential for applications which have to be loaded before
others. Like compiz - it's suggest to add compiz to the gnome session
with "compiz --replace" which then will replace the metacity windows
manager. But without the order specified some applications may have been
already started and will end up somewhere on desktop overlaying each
others (which does not happen normally because the window manager is
taking care of this).

This was how gnome-session-properties looked previously:
http://www.fs-security.com/docs/pics/sessions-small.png

I guess this is the right gnome bug report.
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330693

Currently it's only possible to specify the order in the "Current
Session" tab in gnome-session-properties. But this only applies for
session-managed programs. "Startup Programs" takes care of programs
which have to start before the session comes up (which I guess means
loading all the applets and that stuff).

Also gnome-help (topic "Session Preferences") seems to differ from what
is possible in the current lenny-gnome version. Table 8-22 says:

> To add a startup application, click on the Add button. The Add Startup
> Program dialog is displayed. Enter the command to start the
> application
> in the Startup Command field. 
> If you specify more than one startup application, use the Priority
> spin
> box to specify the startup order of the each application. The startup
> order is the order in which you want the startup applications to
> start.

But it isn't there.

Cheers,
Andreas


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gnome-session depends on:
ii  gconf2                     2.22.0-1      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-control-center       1:2.22.1-1    utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  gnome-power-manager        2.22.1-1      frontend for gnome-powermanager
ii  gnome-settings-daemon      2.22.1-2      GNOME settings daemon
ii  libatk1.0-0                1.22.0-1      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0               2.22.0-1      Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libc6                      2.7-10        GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdbus-1-3                1.2.1-2       simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2           0.74-2        simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgconf2-4                2.22.0-1      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.16.3-2      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0          2.22.1-1      GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0                2.20.1.1-1    The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomeui-0               2.20.1.1-1    The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgtk2.0-0                2.12.9-3      The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                    2:1.0.4-1     X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liborbit2                  1:2.14.12-0.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.20.2-2      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libsm6                     2:1.0.3-1+b1  X11 Session Management library
ii  libwrap0                   7.6.q-15      Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.0.3-7     X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                    1:1.0.3-2     X11 authorisation library

Versions of packages gnome-session recommends:
ii  dbus                          1.2.1-2    simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  gnome-panel                   2.20.3-3   launcher and docking facility for 
ii  metacity                      1:2.22.0-1 A lightweight GTK2 based Window Ma
ii  nautilus                      2.20.0-3   file manager and graphical shell f

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