gnome-session only stops the processes that it knows about (ie, clients that register with it via XSMP or D-Bus), and it negotiates the shutdown of these processes via the session protocol. It doesn't kill them at all.
gnome-session doesn't touch the processes that didn't register with it (which I assume are the ones you have a problem with) - these processes likely just die when the X server goes away ** Changed in: gnome-session (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- Shutdown SIGKILLs processes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/534210 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs