OK - got this figured. <blush> It looks like I had used the customisation interface within emacs to turn the desktop-save mode on as well, but I also had it in my init.el file.
by removing it from the init file that fixed my problems. Pete -- emacs desktop save/restore file appears to be locked https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/163342 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs