[Bug 172869] New: Desktop Settings Lost after Unclean Shutdown

[Gary Krueger]

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=172869

           Summary: Desktop Settings Lost after Unclean Shutdown
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Fedora RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: gkrueger at browsermedia.com


Version:            (using KDE 4.1.1)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Fedora RPMs

This isn't really resolved.  This has been a problem for me ever since Fedora
Core 1 (and I've used FC1, FC5, FC6, FS9).

Whenever my system has an abnormal termination, desktop settings are lost.

In particular (and most annoyingly), all of the workspace names revert to their
pre-login values.  It becomes a nearly futile effort to make changes to
workspace names, because I almost never log off from my system.  I simply lock
it.

The settings should be flushed to the configuration files more than once every
logout.  Preferably, at least once every 15 minutes (if there are any changes).

The way to avoid corrupted configuration data, is to write to a temporary file.
 Then when satisfied that it has been written correctly, rename (mv) it to the
configuration file (for all practical purposes, an atomic operation).

By the way, my current KDE version is 4.1.1.


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