Ok, I think I now get it... This bug is related to the GNOME3-Team PPA, the only way to fix it is a fresh install... or a hellofolot of apt-kung-fu, You will have to pure everything that has to do with that PPA.
=========! WARNING MAY COUSE AN UNSTABLE SYSTEM OR EVEN AN UNUSABLE SYSTEM !======= ========= ONLY DO THIS IF YOU HAVE /home ON A SEPERATE PARTITON OR HAVE A WAY OF BACKING IT UP TO AN EXTERNAL DRIVE/SERVICE, YOU MAY NEED TO REINSTALL! ======= first remove the PPA from the reposetory list then log out and go in to TTY1 stop GDM (or lightdm): sudo service gdm stop and that involves purging libgtk* and libgir*: sudo aptitude purge libgtx* libgir* then installing gnome, gnome-shell and gdm: sudo aptitude install gnome gnome-shell gdm and them make GMD the default DM: sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm I have still to get gnome-shell going again, so I am now in gnome classic... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915285 Title: dconf-editor: Using the 'memory' GSettings backend To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dconf/+bug/915285/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs