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alexxey

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Registered: 2016-04-28

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Question regarding client restart style 'immediately' 'if running'

Hello!
I'm using xfce 4.12 on Debian sid.

In xfce4-session-settings, the 'Restart Style' of xfsettingsd is "Immediately''
However when I 'pkill xfsettingsd', it is not restarted at all.

So what's the meaning of 'Restart Style' - 'Immediately'?

BTW, how to change 'Restart Style'? I tried modifying "Client*_RestartStyleHint=*" in  ~/.cache/sessions/xfce4-session-* but it seems to have no effect.

Thanks!

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,486

Re: Question regarding client restart style 'immediately' 'if running'

Hello and welcome.
The help documentation is a little light on this. There is this explanation that might be more helpful.

In xfce4-session-settings, the 'Restart Style' of xfsettingsd is "Immediately''
However when I 'pkill xfsettingsd', it is not restarted at all.

Given the explanation in the above link, it should be restarted. If it's not working as you notice, a bug report may be in order.

BTW, how to change 'Restart Style'? I tried modifying "Client*_RestartStyleHint=*" in  ~/.cache/sessions/xfce4-session-* but it seems to have no effect.

It's not really intuitive, but on the Session tab, the "Restart Style" column entries are clickable. If you click on a programs restart style, a list of options will pop up that you can select from.

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