~/.config/dconf/user overwritten with default

[keepitsimpleengr]

The ~/.config/dconf/user file is overwritten with the default thus any edits made by the user with dconf editor are lost.

This is a show stopper for Unity

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.24.0-0ubuntu2.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,imgpng,resize,move,mousepoll,wall,gnomecompat,unitymtgrabhandles,compiztoolbox,grid,vpswitch,place,snap,regex,animation,session,workarounds,fade,expo,scale,ezoom,unityshell]
Date: Sun Jan 8 11:50:11 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar)]

Isn't dconf to blame for this? How is Unity to blame for over-writing the dconf file? Unity only uses the Dconf libs, and doesn't interact with dconf on a file level.

[keepitsimpleengr (keepitsimpleengineer)]

1. It only happens when using Unity.
2. It is a show stopper if you need the "system tray"

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:

* Is this reproducible?
* If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?

This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

[keepitsimpleengr (keepitsimpleengineer)]

* Is this reproducible? YES

* If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?

I use dconf editor to add 'Wicd' to the whitelist in Unity>panel, it shows the change but after I log off and then log on the Wicd icon is not in the tray. When I open dconf editor, the change I made is gone.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

that does not happen for me, Can you please try to create a new user and login there and let us know if the issue happens there as well. Also please make sure you have 'libdconf0' installed on your system.

[keepitsimpleengr (keepitsimpleengineer)]

Verified 'libdconf0' installed.

Created new user, used 'dconf editor' to add 'Wicd' to desktop>unity>panel.
Restarted, logged in as new user, 'Wicd' is still in whitelist, no wicd in system notification.
Logged in as myaelf, 'Wicd' is still in whitelist, no wicd in system notification.

Note: Skype is in system notification, but not in whitelist.

[keepitsimpleengr (keepitsimpleengineer)]

I ran unity --replace from a terminal and got this:
Checking if settings need to be migrated ...no
Checking if internal files need to be migrated ...yes
[LOG]: Moving Internal Files
[LOG]: Copying subdirectory from /home/user/.compiz/session to /home/user/.compiz-1/session
[LOG]: Copied file /home/user/.compiz/session/10d30512cbf5e762cc132275560325260600000014040033 to /home/user/.compiz-1/session/10d30512cbf5e762cc132275560325260600000014040033
[LOG]: Successfully moved internal files
Backend : gconf
Integration : true
Profile : unity
Adding plugins
Skipping upgrade com.canonical.unity.unity.01.upgrade
Skipping upgrade com.canonical.unity.unity.02.upgrade
Initializing core options...done
Initializing bailer options...done
Initializing detection options...done
Initializing composite options...done
Compiz (opengl) - Fatal: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is missing
Compiz (opengl) - Fatal: Software rendering detected
Compiz (bailer) - Info: Ensuring a shell for your session
user@lenovounity:~$
(metacity:3226): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",

(metacity:3226): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",

(metacity:3226): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",

(metacity:3226): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",

[dag (dag-wieers)]

On Mon, 16 Jan 2012, keepitsimpleengr wrote:

> I ran unity --replace from a terminal and got this:
> Checking if settings need to be migrated ...no
> Checking if internal files need to be migrated ...yes
> [LOG]: Moving Internal Files
> [LOG]: Copying subdirectory from /home/user/.compiz/session to /home/user/.compiz-1/session
> [LOG]: Copied file /home/user/.compiz/session/10d30512cbf5e762cc132275560325260600000014040033 to /home/user/.compiz-1/session/10d30512cbf5e762cc132275560325260600000014040033
> [LOG]: Successfully moved internal files
> Backend : gconf
> Integration : true
> Profile : unity
> Adding plugins
> Skipping upgrade com.canonical.unity.unity.01.upgrade
> Skipping upgrade com.canonical.unity.unity.02.upgrade
> Initializing core options...done
> Initializing bailer options...done
> Initializing detection options...done
> Initializing composite options...done
> Compiz (opengl) - Fatal: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is missing
> Compiz (opengl) - Fatal: Software rendering detected
> Compiz (bailer) - Info: Ensuring a shell for your session
> user@lenovounity:~$
> (metacity:3226): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
>
> (metacity:3226): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in
> module_path: "pixmap",
>
> (metacity:3226): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in
> module_path: "pixmap",
>
> (metacity:3226): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in
> module_path: "pixmap",

You people realize that you are reporting this to the tool "dconf" and not
to the Gnome infrastructure "dconf" ?? Wrong project...

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-- dag wieers, <email address hidden>, http://dag.wieers.com/
-- dagit linux solutions, <email address hidden>, http://dagit.net/

[Any errors in spelling, tact or fact are transmission errors]

[keepitsimpleengr (keepitsimpleengineer)]

I am abandoning using Ubuntu(Unity) on the laptop. Issues: no wifi indicator in systray, no hibernate/suspend and excessive power consumption.

[keepitsimpleengr (keepitsimpleengineer)]

This does not happen in 12.04.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

closed the issue then. thanks for the bug report.