Ubuntu
compiz package

compiz-plugins schemas not found with gsettings

Bug #1121537 reported by Sridhar Dhanapalan
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Bug Description

When I define key bindings through CompizConfig Settings Manager, they are lost on restart. For instance, I can <Super>+arrow to move between viewports in the Desktop Wall, but those are lost after I log out. I have to manually set the key bindings every time I log in.

I can't set these as a script, because (I think ) of the problem explained at http://askubuntu.com/questions/247247/compiz-plugins-schemas-not-found-with-gsettings

I have installed the extra plugins (compiz-plugins) for CompizConfig Settings Manager (compizconfig-settings-manager) and am trying to change these settings from the command line using gsettings.

The problem is none of these schemas are found by gsettings list-recursively and I can't understand why.

Based on my understanding, the schemas are found through the environment variable XDG_DATA_DIRS which currently is this (the default with Ubuntu 12.10):

ben@ben-HPdv6:~$ echo $XDG_DATA_DIRS
/usr/share/ubuntu:/usr/share/gnome:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/

By searching for schema files using the locate command I have found what I believe to be the missing schema files as follows:

ben@ben-HPdv6:~$ locate .schemas | grep "compiz"
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-addhelper.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-animation.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-annotate.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-bench.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-ccp.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-clone.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-commands.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-compiztoolbox.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-composite.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-copytex.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-crashhandler.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-cube.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-dbus.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-decor.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-expo.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-extrawm.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-ezoom.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-fade.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-fadedesktop.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-firepaint.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-gnomecompat.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-grid.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-imgjpeg.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-imgpng.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-imgsvg.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-inotify.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-kdecompat.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-mag.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-maximumize.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-mblur.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-mousepoll.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-move.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-neg.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-notification.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-obs.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-opacify.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-opengl.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-place.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-put.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-regex.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-resize.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-resizeinfo.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-ring.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-rotate.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-scale.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-scaleaddon.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-scalefilter.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-screenshot.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-session.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-shelf.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-shift.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-showdesktop.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-showmouse.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-showrepaint.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-snap.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-splash.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-staticswitcher.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-switcher.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-td.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-text.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-titleinfo.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-trailfocus.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-vpswitch.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-wall.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-water.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-widget.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-winrules.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-wobbly.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-workarounds.schemas
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-workspacenames.schemas

They are all there in /usr/share/gconf/schemas which is within /usr/share/ which is part of the default schema lookup environment variable XDG_DATA_DIRS. So I don't understand why they aren't appearing in gsettings?

Is there a 'refresh schemas list' command I am missing or does it not look recursively in a directory (seems weird cause there also other schema files in this directory) or am I not correctly understanding how gsettings works?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: compiz 1:0.9.8.6-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35-generic 3.5.7.2
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Mon Feb 11 10:40:44 2013
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 virtualbox, 4.1.18, 3.5.0-22-generic, x86_64: installed
 virtualbox, 4.1.18, 3.5.0-23-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:21f9]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-28 (13 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
MachineType: LENOVO 3443CTO
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.5.0-23-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu-root ro elevator=noop quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: compiz
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 11/20/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: G6ET66WW (2.10 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 3443CTO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Win8 STD DPK TPG
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrG6ET66WW(2.10):bd11/20/2012:svnLENOVO:pn3443CTO:pvrThinkPadX1Carbon:rvnLENOVO:rn3443CTO:rvrWin8STDDPKTPG:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 3443CTO
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X1 Carbon
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.6-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6.1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.99.99~git20120913.8637f772-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.9-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu3

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Sridhar Dhanapalan (sridhar) wrote :
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Sridhar Dhanapalan (sridhar) wrote :

I get a similar problem when I create key bindings using the Keyboard applet in System Settings. I like to change/set bindings to switch between workspaces and to move windows to different workspaces. These settings are often forgotten across restarts and Compiz crashes.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Andrea Azzarone (azzar1) wrote :

Ubuntu 12.10 reached end-of-life so it's no longer supported. Can you
still reproduce this bug on 14.04 (or laters)?

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
Changed in unity:
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for Unity because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in unity:
status: Incomplete → Expired
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for compiz (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in compiz (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for unity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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