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Bug 313141 - Enable the user to cancel the logout if there are open apps not supporting gnome-session
Enable the user to cancel the logout if there are open apps not supporting gn...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 160712
Product: gnome-session
Classification: Core
Component: gnome-session
2.10.x
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Session Maintainers
Session Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-08-10 17:33 UTC by Ivan Yosifov
Modified: 2005-08-18 15:17 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.9/2.10


Description Ivan Yosifov 2005-08-10 17:33:58 UTC 
If there are open applications not supporting GNOME session management upon
logout, the user is presented with a dialog:

The following applications don't support the save-yourself-signal:
<app list>
<Ok button>

If there are non-session-managed apps they may need to be closed and told to
save data manually. The user should be given a "Cancel logout" button to cancel
the logout if needed,  besides the "Ok" button.

Other information:
Comment 1 Olav Vitters 2005-08-10 17:36:22 UTC 
related to Bug 160712 -- kill the dialog entirely
Comment 2 Ivan Yosifov 2005-08-10 18:35:34 UTC 
I don't think killing the dialog is acceptable. I do agree that it needs fixing
to be fully useful. If non-session-managed apps are closed improperly they may
loose data, and the user must be warned of this. However besides just being
warned he should be given a chance to do something about it - a "Cancel logout"
button.

Ordinary users don't care about gnome internals, like SM. Some apps loosing data
on logouts without warning will confuse them more than the dialog.

Of course, care must be taken that the dialog appears above everything, and does
not get hidden away, like Bug 160712 describes.

The countdown timer from Bug 313141 is also a good idea - it will safeguard
against the user clicking logout and leaving the workstaion.
Comment 3 Ivan Yosifov 2005-08-10 18:44:09 UTC 
Woops. The second bug ( about the timer ) is Bug 308817 .
Comment 4 Jan Boehm 2005-08-18 15:17:28 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. A similar bug has already been reported into our bug
tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

If you want do participate in the discussion about a solution for this bug,
please do in the existing bug.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 160712 ***