Hi Berenger (and all),
Thanks very much for the replies.
My installed dconf packages and versions:
james@james-turing:~$ apt-cache search dconf | grep dconf
dconf-cli - simple configuration storage system - utilities
dconf-editor - simple configuration storage system - utilities
dconf-gsettings-backend - simple configuration storage system - GSettings
back-end
dconf-service - simple configuration storage system - D-Bus service
dconf-tools - transitional dummy package
libdconf-dbg - simple configuration storage system - debugging symbols
libdconf-dbus-1-0 - simple configuration storage system - D-Bus library
libdconf-dbus-1-dbg - simple configuration storage system - D-Bus debug
symbols
libdconf-dbus-1-dev - simple configuration storage system - D-Bus
development files
libdconf-dev - simple configuration storage system - development files
libdconf-doc - simple configuration storage system - documentation
libdconf1 - simple configuration storage system - runtime library
upstart-dconf-bridge - DConf bridge for upstart
james@james-turing:~$ apt-cache policy dconf-service
dconf-service:
Installed: 0.18.0-1
Candidate: 0.18.0-1
Version table:
*** 0.18.0-1 0
500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid/main amd64 Packages
500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
james@james-turing:~$ apt-cache policy libdconf1
libdconf1:
Installed: 0.18.0-1
Candidate: 0.18.0-1
Version table:
*** 0.18.0-1 0
500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid/main amd64 Packages
500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
james@james-turing:~$ apt-cache policy libdconf-dbus-1-0
libdconf-dbus-1-0:
Installed: 0.18.0-1
Candidate: 0.18.0-1
Version table:
*** 0.18.0-1 0
500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid/main amd64 Packages
500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
How do I check that all recommended packages are selected? I've just done a
tasksel and noticed "Debian desktop environment" wasn't selected, but
"laptop" was. Unfortunately the dconf problem persists. As for ~/.share, it
doesn't exist on my system.
Thanks,
James
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 11:11 PM, <berenger.mo...@neutralite.org> wrote:
>
>
> Le 23.04.2014 09:00, James Collier a écrit :
>
> Hello everyone,
>> first time posting here. Yay!
>> I've been having trouble with this dconf bug for some time now. And
>> no solution on google seems to help.
>> To get this error all I need to do is try to change a setting. e.g.
>> open terminal:
>> $ gnome-calculator
>> Open preferences, change e.g. word size from 64 bits to 32 bits
>> close the preferences dialog
>> close the gnome-calculator application and a bunch of:
>> (gnome-calculator:18860): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes
>> to dconf: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: No
>> such method 'Change'
>> warnings pop up. Same thing happens if I want to change desktop
>> background.
>> So what have I tried to fix it:
>> * deleted '~/.config/dconf/user'
>> * deleted '~/.config/dconf'
>> * restarted
>> * updated all packages
>>
>> FYI I'm running stock unstable fully updated. I'm starting to think
>> the fault is mine but no idea where to start. Could someone please
>> help me?
>> Also can you CC the reply to me as I'm not subscribed to the list.
>>
>> Yours,
>> James Collier
>>
>
> Which package exactly do you have about dconf? What I can see on
> https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=all&arch=amd64&;
> searchon=names&keywords=dconf is that the only dconf package is only in
> old-stable. Since you are in unstable, I strongly doubt that you are using
> this one...
>
> I was thinking that it could be a bug introduced in unstable, but all
> dconf* packages seems to have the same version in testing, so my original
> idea about downgrading is not applicable here. Do you have all recommended
> packages installed? One might miss, which would lead to that kind of
> warning. In this case, you could then report the problem back to Debian,
> since it would be a bug. And since you have removed and recreated all your
> configuration files about dconf, I would not be surprised of this.
>
> Also, you could check if there is related stuff in ~/.share/dconf, and you
> could try to regenerate ~/.share/dbus + ~/.config/dbus.
>
> Hope it helps.
>
