Stopping apps when logging out of Gnome

[Amadeus W. M.]

On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 15:10:12 -0700, Peter Gordon wrote:

> On Sun, 2005-10-02 at 00:02 +0200, Patrick wrote:
>> In Menu -> Desktop -> Preferences -> More Preferences -> Sessions I can
>> specify the apps that I want to start when I login to gdm/gnome. Now I
>> want to do the opposite when I logout (so stop an app). Anyone have an
>> idea how I do that?
> 
> I'm probably mistaken, but doesn't this happen anyway?
> 
> My understanding of it is that the processes you've set to start at the
> beginning of each session are child processes to the session manager,
> so once you log out, the session manager is killed; and because of this
> its child processes are also killed. :O
> -- 

Some may not exit cleanly and may leave stale files behind, and next time
you try to start them, you pull your hair trying to figure out what's
wrong.