Many/most changes to window manager settings are not saved between reboots or sessions

[Mark Stock]

I am running ubuntu 12.10 in fallback mode, and using both the "System Settings..." app and gnome-tweak-tool to change some keyboard shortcuts, window manager bahavior, and applet behavior. Some of these changes never take effect, and some others take effect immediately, but are lost after a reboot or after logging out and back in again.

The only information that I've found suggests that some of these customization apps are not totally bug-free in the version of Gnome used in 12.10. I'd consider downgrading to 12.04 if it were more stable.

The following is not related to the bug, but reflects my perspective, so ignore if you wish: This is my first ever installation of ubuntu after almost a decade on Fedora. What drove me away from Fedora was this very same thing: an upgrade to Gnome 3 forced me to begin using fallback mode in order to stay productive, and in fallback mode the customization apps were buggy and/or unable to re-customize my environment.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: unity 6.10.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
Date: Fri Nov 23 15:26:27 2012
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-14 (9 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Edward Donovan (edward.donovan)]

If you're using fallback mode, then you're not using Unity. This is my best guess at the bug assignment. Thanks.

[Mark Stock (mstock-v)]

Thanks for the update!

On 11/24/12, Edward Donovan <email address hidden> wrote:
> If you're using fallback mode, then you're not using Unity. This is my
> best guess at the bug assignment. Thanks.
>
>
> ** Package changed: unity (Ubuntu) => gnome-session (Ubuntu)
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> Title:
> Many/most changes to window manager settings are not saved between
> reboots or sessions
>
> Status in “gnome-session” package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> I am running ubuntu 12.10 in fallback mode, and using both the "System
> Settings..." app and gnome-tweak-tool to change some keyboard
> shortcuts, window manager bahavior, and applet behavior. Some of these
> changes never take effect, and some others take effect immediately,
> but are lost after a reboot or after logging out and back in again.
>
> The only information that I've found suggests that some of these
> customization apps are not totally bug-free in the version of Gnome
> used in 12.10. I'd consider downgrading to 12.04 if it were more
> stable.
>
> The following is not related to the bug, but reflects my perspective,
> so ignore if you wish: This is my first ever installation of ubuntu
> after almost a decade on Fedora. What drove me away from Fedora was
> this very same thing: an upgrade to Gnome 3 forced me to begin using
> fallback mode in order to stay productive, and in fallback mode the
> customization apps were buggy and/or unable to re-customize my
> environment.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
> Package: unity 6.10.0-0ubuntu2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7
> Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
> Architecture: amd64
> CompizPlugins: No value set for
> `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
> Date: Fri Nov 23 15:26:27 2012
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-14 (9 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64
> (20121017.5)
> MarkForUpload: True
> SourcePackage: unity
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1063617, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.