Mouse and touchpad settings not recalled after logging out and then logging in again

[Tom Colley]

Under Ubuntu 13.04, I'm finding I can change mouse and touchpad speed settings using the Settings Window (System Settings > Mouse and Touchpad). These changes are retained after closing the Settings Window. However, the changes to the settings are NOT SHOWN on re-opening the Settings Window. Instead, the default values are shown. More importantly, the changes are not retained after logging out. When I log in again, the settings have returned to their default values. I experimented with changing mouse speed settings using xinput, and found, similarly, that these changes affected the current session but weren't retained for future sessions.

A similar problem is reported under Bug #1176035, and I will likely append this bug to that report. However, that user reports (perhaps mistakenly?) that changes to mouse speed settings are not retained after closing the Settings Window.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu24
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-23.34-generic 3.8.11
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-23-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jun 18 11:54:25 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-31 (17 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release i386 (20130424)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_gnome-control-center:
 activity-log-manager-control-center 0.9.4-0ubuntu6.1
 deja-dup 26.0-0ubuntu1
 gnome-control-center-signon 0.1.6bzr13.04.05-0ubuntu1.1
 gnome-control-center-unity 1.2daily13.04.09-0ubuntu1
 indicator-datetime 12.10.3daily13.03.26-0ubuntu1

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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