Default settings not applied when reverting system settings

[amichair]

Binary package hint: kubuntu-default-settings

In Kubuntu's System Settings, when clicking the Defaults button on various settings (e.g. fonts, and some theme/appearance/colors/styles settings), the values are reverted but not to Kubuntu's defaults but something else (maybe KDE's defaults?)

For example, on a clean installation Kubuntu uses the Ubuntu fonts by default, as is reflected in System Settings -> Application Appearance -> Fonts. However, if one clicks the Defaults button there, they are all changed to Sans Serif fonts and not the default Ubuntu fonts. The same kind of thing happens with various other system settings.

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

I am not so sure this is a problem with KDS but rather bogus upstream code that does not take cascading into account. Needs investigation.

[avlas (avlas)]

Bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdebase/+bug/766145 has been marked as duplicate of this one, but I'm not so sure they refer to the same issue. Let me explain the issue that is affecting me in that bug :

 Whenever you try to leave the kdm settings in the systemsettings, whether or not you changed anything you receive a warning message that says if you want to apply the changes. Irrespective of whether you say yes or not, this makes that part of your personal configuration changes to some kde or kubuntu default, in my case this refers to the font sizes in the desktop, and the use of text in the toolbars by the default.

[jpfle (jpfle)]

Salva is right: bug #766145 (go to "System Settings > Login Screen" resets some settings) is not a duplicate of the current report (manually apply "Defaults" doesn't revert to real default settings).

[avlas (avlas)]

this bug is still present in kubuntu 12.04