[SOLVED] gnome settings not being saved

gonr · 2011-12-07 20:17:32

Hi all,

None of the settings I change (in gnome shell) are being saved.

I'm using the gnome shell settings dialog, for example to change the time display to 'am/pm' or change mouse settings. There's no button in the settings dialog to 'apply' the settings, I assume it is supposed to apply them automatically when I exit settings.

I've made sure the settings daemon is running:
$ps aux | grep settings
gonr 3425 0.0 0.1 627556 17540 ? Sl 14:40 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon

I also made sure the .gconf and .gnome2 directories have the right permissions, with chown -R gonr:gonr .gconf .gnome2 (and I also tried deleting them to let gnome regenerate them).

I see no messages in /var/log about any problems saving the settings.

dbus is running according to rc.d list.

I also tried to change settings with gsettings, but no effect or errors:
$ gsettings get org.gnome.shell.clock show-seconds
false
$ gsettings set org.gnome.shell.clock show-seconds true #no output
$ gsettings get org.gnome.shell.clock show-seconds
false

Update: running the last 3 commands with sudo works, but only changes the settings for the root user.

Any help would be appreciated!

Last edited by gonr (2011-12-08 06:17:00)

HeSaid · 2011-12-07 23:05:28

dbus should be first or second item in your daemons array, especially if you start gdm as a daemon.
--
Neal

gonr · 2011-12-07 23:14:59

I checked, dbus is in my daemons array and I start gdm through inittab. I think gdm would't run if dbus wasn't running.

rc.d says:

$ rc.d list dbus
[STARTED][AUTO] dbus

gonr · 2011-12-08 06:16:46

found the solution:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=123820

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#1 2011-12-07 20:17:32

[SOLVED] gnome settings not being saved

#2 2011-12-07 23:05:28

Re: [SOLVED] gnome settings not being saved

#3 2011-12-07 23:14:59

Re: [SOLVED] gnome settings not being saved

#4 2011-12-08 06:16:46

Re: [SOLVED] gnome settings not being saved

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