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#1 2013-07-12 17:23:39

Ahad12
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Registered: 2013-01-14
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Gnome Tweak tool, dconf does not save/apply settings

Hello bbs,

So I installed arch, installed X, video drivers, gnome, some apps I like, I try to make changes such as changing the icon theme and having the file manager on desktop, etc, they worked. When I rebooted the computer, the settings were back to normal when I installed gnome at first.

I opened gnome-tweak-tool in terminal, when I tried to change the settings here was the output I got:

 
(gnome-tweak-tool:1868): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._g_2dfile_2derror_2dquark.Code17: Cannot open dconf database: invalid gvdb header

Dconf Editor, simply wont let me change the values such as 'org->gnome->shell->overrides->button-layout' it simply reverts back to default values.

Thanks in advance,
ahad12

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#2 2013-07-12 17:25:20

lolilolicon
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Re: Gnome Tweak tool, dconf does not save/apply settings

Your ~/.config/dconf/user may be corrupt. Try removing/renaming it and start over.

Last edited by lolilolicon (2013-07-12 17:25:31)


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#3 2013-07-12 17:58:15

Ahad12
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Registered: 2013-01-14
Posts: 41

Re: Gnome Tweak tool, dconf does not save/apply settings

lolilolicon wrote:

Your ~/.config/dconf/user may be corrupt. Try removing/renaming it and start over.

Executed:

rm -rf ~/.config/dconf/user

I was able to set my settings just the way I wanted to, now gnome will not load. The xinit/startx output just gives me "JS ERROR'S" That I have no idea about:
Sample Output:

JS ERROR: !!!                  Execption was: Error: Argument 'text (type utf8) may not be null
JS ERROR: !!!                     message = '"Argument 'text' (type utf8) may not be null"'
JS ERROR: !!!                     fileName = '"/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/dataMenu.js"'
JS ERROR: !!!                     lineNumber = '212'
JS ERROR: !!!                   stack = 'DateMenuButton<._updateClockAndDate@/usr/share/gnome/shell/js/ui/dateMenu.js:212
wrapper@/usr/share/gjs-1.0/lang.js:213
"'

Which to my understanding when I was trying to show the date in the clock and stuff, fail to load the settings
Any way to fix gnome?
Thanks,
Ahad

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#4 2013-07-12 18:23:02

Ahad12
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Registered: 2013-01-14
Posts: 41

Re: Gnome Tweak tool, dconf does not save/apply settings

Ended up removing gnome and stuck to cinnamon, Thanks for the help anyway!

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#5 2013-07-20 23:52:39

blablubb1234
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Registered: 2013-07-04
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Re: Gnome Tweak tool, dconf does not save/apply settings

There is no need to give up and stay with Cinnamon or the like.

lolilolicon wrote:

Your ~/.config/dconf/user may be corrupt. Try removing/renaming it and start over.

Just follow these steps and you're done. At least this fixed the (very same) problem for me.

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#6 2013-07-20 23:59:12

Ahad12
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Registered: 2013-01-14
Posts: 41

Re: Gnome Tweak tool, dconf does not save/apply settings

I ended up with cinnamon, because that's when gnome stopped working.

Last edited by Ahad12 (2013-07-21 00:00:07)

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#7 2015-08-13 18:31:50

naisanza
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Re: Gnome Tweak tool, dconf does not save/apply settings

lolilolicon wrote:

Your ~/.config/dconf/user may be corrupt. Try removing/renaming it and start over.

That was exactly what I needed. Renamed the database file, rebooted, and gnome-tweak-tool worked again.

It's interesting how it became corrupted. It happened during the middle of a user session. Never touched anything. It just, all of a sudden, decided to revert back to vanilla gnome3 settings.

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#8 2015-08-13 18:40:51

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Re: Gnome Tweak tool, dconf does not save/apply settings

Please don't necrobump, naisanza.

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