Comment 15 for bug 1194834

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Barneedhar (barneedhar) wrote : Re: [Bug 1194834] Re: settings set back to default from time-to-time

Hmm, I can reproduce this bug. I set my Focus mode to Sloppy last
night and it's back to Click right now.

Quite impossible to be a Compiz issue but let me dig this bug a little more.
Thanks,
Barneedhar.

On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Max Waterman
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> FWIW, *I* do run multi-monitor, sometimes - but not always. I did wonder
> if it was switching between the two setups that messed it up, but I've
> not been able to nail it down.
>
> re the script...right, at the moment, I just have :
>
> gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences raise-on-click false
> gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences auto-raise false
> gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences focus-mode 'mouse'
>
> though I also print out the values before and after, so I can see what
> they were and that they've changed correctly. I didn't know about the
> autostart folder...I'll give it a try. Thanks.
>
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> Title:
> settings set back to default from time-to-time
>
> Status in Unity Tweak Tool:
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> Bug description:
> I use the tweak tool to set :
>
> Window Manager/Additional/
> Auto-raise -> OFF
> Focus mode -> Mouse
>
> and I also manually do (always *after* the above) :
>
> gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences raise-on-click false
>
> However, from time-to-time, these seem to get reset back to their
> defaults. I've not been able to figure out what is causing this. My
> first suspiciouns were that it was to do with rebooting, but a test
> reboot didn't cause the settings to change. My second was that it was
> do to with taking the laptop off it's dock and the associated switch
> from dual-monitor to single-monitor display config, but I just
> manually tested that too, and it also didn't cause any reset.
>
> So, I'm not sure why this is happening at all. If there are any
> suggestions, I'm happy to try them out.
>
> It seems to happen once every couple of days or so - but I don't
> record this so it's just a guess.
>
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