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jcoles
May 16th, 2013, 11:12 PM
I'm running xubuntu 13.40, which has been generally well-behaved since I installed it a week ago.

Suddenly today, every time I log on, firefox starts. It's not in the auto-start session list. and session save is not enabled.

There are several actions that can cause the session to end abruptly, dropping me back to the logon screen:


in firefox, double-click a downloaded item to view
select Settings > Session and Startup from the menu
select the session menu (top right, has user's name on it), no chance to choose anything
editing a text file (selected in Thunar) - ridiculous instability!!!


Any ideas how to fix this, or at least begin investigating why it happens?

dentaku65
May 17th, 2013, 06:44 AM
Did you tried to delete the sessions?

rm -Rf $HOME/.cache/sessions

jcoles
May 17th, 2013, 10:28 AM
Thanks, dentaku65. Firefox no longer starts with the session. And the stability problems appear to be solved too. Another one for my notes.