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#311 Bookmarks get lost with every reboot
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2026-01-01
2025-12-03
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I have installed xfe, version 2.1.1. on Linux Mint. I can add bookmarks without problems. When I reboot the computer, all bookmarks which point to a network drive (or some directory below the mount point) are gone. It may take some seconds after the user login, to restore access to the network drives, and as long as xfe doesn't see them, it may possibly not show the bookmarks. But as soon as the drives are accessible, xfe should show the bookmarks again, right?
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I have tested this on a computer running Kali Linux within the same network environment, and xfe has no issues to restore the bookmarks. The problem only appears on Linux Mint.
I've found out that the problem is based on some weird configuration issue on Linux Mint. It seems as if the lost bookmarks have nothing to do with xfe but with wrong session settings (?). This bug can be cancelled or deleted. Thank you!
For anyone having weird bookmark problems: Check /etc/xfe/xferc against /home/user/.config/xfe/xferc. I have put a symlink into /etc/xfe so that the system only knows my very own xferc.
Last edit: Hartmut Bromkamp 2025-12-03
Are you sure the problem in there? I think Linux Mint uses the Xfe Debian package. In that case, /etc/xfe/xferc is a link to /usr/share/xfe/xferc and that's correct. I don't think there is a configuration issue there.
However, when Xfe is launched, it checks the bookmark locations and if they don't exist then they are not shown. If you mount a network drive that has a directory with a bookmark after having launched Xfe, then the bookmark is not seen. To see it, you have to launch another instance of Xfe.
Maybe this behavior of Xfe is the cause of the problem you see?
Anyway, I think the bookmark should be shown even if the target location doesn't exist.
I did install 2.1.1 on Linux Mint manually, so to speak, because Linux Mint only offers an old 1.x version.
Yes, to my experience, XFE checks whether the linked network devices are present or not. If not, the bookmarks are not shown. And yes, as you say, when they become available, it needs another or new instance of XFE to run through its detection process and display them.
My issue seems to be that under certain circumstances the network drives are connected a bit too late. That's nothing XFE could do about, I need to make sure that XFE only starts when all of the network environment is readily available.
Your last sentence is interesting, you say, that the bookmarks should be shown even when no network drives (or other resources) are not present or not available. Maybe you could grey them out? Something which tells the user: Here's your bookmark, I know about it, but I can't reacht it, do something :) !
Thanks for your reply!
Thanks for the details. Yes, you're right maybe I can grey out bookmarks that are not available.
Fixed in Xfe 2.1.2.
Hi, Roland,
Thanks, got some notice a few hours ago that you've worked on the source code. Great news!
Ah, happy new year, mate! All the best for 2026!
I'm away from my network system but will do tests as soon as I'm at home again, maybe in one or two weeks.
Take care
Hartmut
Thanks! Happy new to you and your family!