Plasma/KDE starts unwanted applications on start [Solved]

m.s.w · Last edited by m.s.w on Fri Jan 13, 2023 8:03 pm; edited 1 time in total

Hi!
The issue is that whenever I start Plasma/KDE it opens another instance of Konqueror, Krusader even Dolphin. The really annoying thing is that each time there is more instances if possible. So fore example there are more krusadres (or more tabs with home directory in krusader).
A little help comes when I delete by hand records from ~/.config/xsessions but this only makes things start over.
Can you point me to where to look for solution so Plasma won't open apps that were closed before closing Plasma?
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Ralphred · Guru Joined: 31 Dec 2013 Posts: 501

Use the "Desktop Session" section in the systemssettings5 and make sure that's correct.
The other thing to check is /etc/xdg/autostart/ :Anything in there, that you don't want to autostart that is, copy the .desktop file to ~/.config/autostart/ and append Hidden=true to the end of the file.

m.s.w · Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 7:14 pm Post subject:

Ralphred, thank you for your advice.

In Desktop Session settings I have set "Restore last session" because this is what I want to have. So when I leave open something at shutdown I want it to be opened next time I log in.
But if something is closed before shutdown I don't want it to be started next time I log in. This is how I understand this setting. Am I wrong?

I review the content of a /etc/xdg/autostart and there is no entry with the apps that are starting unwillingly (konqueror, krusader)

I think I do not know whchi .desktop file you are talking about. I have none in ~ nor in ~/.config
In ~/.config/autostart I have only one entry that I added in Plasma and I do want it to be started on Plasma start (it is flameshot)

So still I don't know how to solve it, unless it is necessary to give up on "Restore last session".
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Ralphred · Guru Joined: 31 Dec 2013 Posts: 501

rab0171610 · Apprentice Joined: 24 Dec 2022 Posts: 299

You can also create a comma (,) or colon (:) delimited list of applications that you do not want to start with a restored session. System Settings>Startup and Shutdown>Desktop Session. Click the radio button for Restore Last Session and then enter your list in the box titled "Don't restore these applications" and then click Apply. For example, the list should be something like "konqueror:dolphin:krusader" or "konqueror,dolphin,krusader".
Otherwise, if that is not an acceptable solution, you could eliminate the possibility that the affected apps are not shut down cleanly when you log out from your KDE Plasma session. If not, they would be started automatically when you login again if they are still running in the background at logout. You could you use top, a gui task manager, or, just as an example:

m.s.w · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2023 6:32 pm Post subject:

m.s.w · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2023 6:40 pm Post subject:

rab0171610 · Apprentice Joined: 24 Dec 2022 Posts: 299

For now, the konqueror issue is a bug with session management improperly restoring the app on startup. It looks like the devs patched it and will be reflected in the 22.12 version, which is available on gentoo but is currently in unstable. See:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=450624
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/kde-apps/konqueror
You could try the dev's (Stefano Crocco, comment 9) solution from the bug report in the current versions which are affected:

m.s.w · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2023 8:03 pm Post subject:

Thank you all.
This solves the problem
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