[oneiric] gconf settings don't get set properly

[Jeremy Bícha]

Using gconf-editor to set settings doesn't work. The new theme section of System Settings sets every setting except for the Window theme which is the only setting changed there that is still gconf and isn't gsettings. When I try to Edit>Keyboard Shortcuts in gnome-terminal, my changes don't stick after closing gnome-terminal because the gconf settings aren't actually set.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gconf2 3.1.6-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.14-generic 3.0.3
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Aug 29 01:45:06 2011
SourcePackage: gconf
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

An exception to the broken gconf is gnome-tweak-tool which is still able to set gconf values (like the previously mentioned window theme). gnome-tweak-tool uses the following code:

from gi.repository import GConf

class GConfSetting:
    def __init__(self, key, _type):
        self._key = key
        self._type = _type
        assert(self._type in (str, bool))
        self._client = GConf.Client.get_default()

    def set_value(self, value):
        if self._type == bool:
            self._client.set_bool(self._key, value)
        elif self._type == str:
            self._client.set_string(self._key, value)
        else:
            assert(False)

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Nevermind the theme part. The new theme selector needs to set both gconf settings /desktop/gnome/shell/windows/theme and /apps/metacity/general/theme .

gnome-terminal and gconf-editor still don't work right with gconf.

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Ok, things seem to be working fine for me now with gconf. I believe there was a bug here previously (as seen with the linked GNOME bug report) but as I can no longer reproduce, I'm closing this.