Re: Saving sessions before a system shutdown
José Alburquerque <[email protected]>
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Ted Gould wrote: > On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 20:21 -0500, José Alburquerque wrote: > >> Ted Gould wrote: >> >>> I don't know if you've already gotten an answer, but I don't think there >>> is a generic way to do this currently. But, I think the part you're >>> looking for is probably the command: "gnome-session-save". I believe if >>> you run this with "--kill" and "--silent" on all users currently logged >>> in you should get what you're looking for. >>> >> Thanks for answering. A developer from this list did give a similar >> answer off-list, but, again, I appreciate your suggestion. :-) >> > > For those finding this thread on Google, did it work? Any advice from > your experiences? > > --Ted > > I haven't gotten around to implement the solution I'm thinking about. As I mentioned the other developer suggested that I use gnome-session-save (as you suggest). With his permission (please), our conversation on this is below: ------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Saving sessions before a system shutdown Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:35:39 -0400 From: José Alburquerque <[email protected]> To: Kamil Leduchowski <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> <1193267148.6726.10.camel@softmachine> Kamil Leduchowski wrote: > Dnia 24-10-2007, Śr o godzinie 16:08 -0400, José Alburquerque pisze: > > >> Does anyone think it's possible to insert some script in /etc/init.d >> that might save the session before a shutdown? In other words is there >> some way to save the session(s) (if there are more than one) just before >> a shutdown? >> > > Try adding gnome-session-save --silent to your logout script/cron > command this should do the trick for you. Btw gnome-devel-list is for > developer issues. In future I recommend using [email protected] > > I understand this is a developer's list, I just thought that I could find a bit of wisdom here; also I don't get answers in gnome-list! BTW, your solution assumes that the script runs from within the gnome session. For example, if I have a gnome session running and login in a virtual console as the same user and use the gnome-session-save command above, it fails because it "cannot open display". I know about the "gnome-session-save" command, but what I'm sort of looking for is an idea as to how a root script (not a script within the session) can "safely" save the sessions of users logged in just before shutting down. I was sort of looking for pointers from smart people about what paths I might follow to attempt to "tackle" this "theoretical" problem. I hope I didn't bother any of the developers or you. Any ideas on this? Thanks. -Jose -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Saving sessions before a system shutdown Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:00:14 -0400 From: José Alburquerque <[email protected]> To: Kamil Leduchowski <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> <1193267148.6726.10.camel@softmachine> <[email protected]> <1193828970.6709.12.camel@softmachine> Kamil Leduchowski wrote: > Dnia 24-10-2007, Śr o godzinie 19:35 -0400, José Alburquerque pisze: > >> Kamil Leduchowski wrote: >> >>> Dnia 24-10-2007, Śr o godzinie 16:08 -0400, José Alburquerque pisze: >>> >> BTW, your solution assumes that the script runs from within the gnome >> session. For example, if I have a gnome session running and login in a >> virtual console as the same user and use the gnome-session-save command >> above, it fails because it "cannot open display". >> >> > > Hello. Yes you are right it is a bit more complicated. "cannont open > display" can be avoided by adding a --display option to save session > command, in example: > > gnome-session-save --silent --kill --display=:0 > > (if you use only one display that is) but this alone ain't enough. > There's one more thing you need and that's a functional SESSION_MANAGER > value created when X starts (for example it might look like > local/softmachine:/tmp/.ICE-unix/5845) and it points to a socket on your > local machine, but it isn't stored anywhere outside X session. In order > to make gnome-session-save working outside you need to export it first > on non-X terminal: > > export SESSION_MANAGER=local/softmachine:/tmp/.ICE-unix/5845 > > and then call the session save command (the one listed above will save > and end your gnome session without asking for a confirm on X). I hope > this will help a bit. > Thanks a lot. It does help. I'm thinking that maybe I can insert some commands somewhere when the session starts to store these values somewhere (on a per-user basis). I can then use the values in a "general" script to save all the running sessions. Last question if you can answer (and thanks for your reply!): Would you have an idea as to where in the session start process I might be able to "export" these values on a per-user basis? If I can figure this out, I'm sure I'll be able to write a general session saving script. Again, thanks for pointers they've been really helpful. -Jose -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Saving sessions before a system shutdown Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:57:57 -0500 From: José Alburquerque <[email protected]> To: Kamil Leduchowski <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> <1193267148.6726.10.camel@softmachine> <[email protected]> <1193828970.6709.12.camel@softmachine> <[email protected]> José Alburquerque wrote: > Thanks a lot. It does help. I'm thinking that maybe I can insert > some commands somewhere when the session starts to store these values > somewhere (on a per-user basis). I can then use the values in a > "general" script to save all the running sessions. Last question if > you can answer (and thanks for your reply!): Would you have an idea > as to where in the session start process I might be able to "export" > these values on a per-user basis? If I can figure this out, I'm sure > I'll be able to write a general session saving script. Again, thanks > for pointers they've been really helpful. > > -Jose > Don't bother, I figured this out thanks to your previous pointers. Thanks. -Jose ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Based on the above e-mails, I thought that using an x (or gnome-session) startup script of some sort, I could save session information for a user when he/she logs in. The script run just before shutdown could use this information to save the sessions for the user that wants this. Also I found the following link useful: http://gnome-hacks.org/hacks.html?id=34 HTH. -Jose _______________________________________________ gnome-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-devel-list