> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2019 at 1:52 AM > From: "Pierre Labastie via blfs-support" > <blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> > To: "BLFS Support List" <blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> > Cc: "Pierre Labastie" <pierre.labas...@neuf.fr> > Subject: Re: [blfs-support] Where are gnome settings stored? > > On Wed, 2019-08-28 at 11:44 +0200, Christopher Gregory via blfs- > support > wrote: > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 7:10 PM > > > From: "Pierre Labastie via blfs-support" < > > > blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> > > > To: blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org > > > Cc: "Pierre Labastie" <pierre.labas...@neuf.fr> > > > Subject: [blfs-support] Where are gnome settings stored? > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Can somebody tell me where gnome settings are stored? I thought > > > everything was in user .config dirs (for user settings) and > > > /etc/dconf > > > (for system settings), but it seems there are more, because when I > > > wipe > > > out the user's .config, I do not get back the original settings I > > > had > > > the first time I logged in... > > > > > > I'd appreciate any pointer to an up to date doc, and/or direct > > > explanation. TIA > > > > > > > > Hello Pierre, > > > > Another location is: > > > > /var/lib/AccountsService/users > > > > With that location, it is only populated after said user has logged > > into gnome for the first time, rather than when a new user is added > > to the system. > > > > Thanks Christopher (and not Gregory, as I called you in another > message, sorry). So summary: > - for most gnome user settings, the dconf database > $HOME/.config/dconf/user and the system dconf databases > /etc/dconf/db/<databases> (with mechanism to populate those database as > described in dconf(7)). Presently, on my system, I have only an ibus > database there. > - some applications put their settings at other locations, using either > gconf or text files, see the example of mousepad on the link you > provided. > - user account information is stored in /var/lib/AccountsService/users > (text files). Actually, I see a language field, which is maybe worth > trying. > - there is also this file /usr/share/gdm/greeter-dconf-defaults, which > is a dconf database, but I do not know how to modify it. Normally all > the dconf databases known to a gnome session are either in > $HOME/.config/dconf/user or in /etc/dconf/db, at least according to the > documentation. > - note that gdm has also /etc/gdm/custom.conf as a configuration > file... > > What else? > > Ah, forgot: > - the change in gnome-shell allows to load the > /var/lib/gdm/.config/dconf/user database at start up. Otherwise, gdm > needs localed to load non default settings. So this change makes things > slightly better. But this database cannot be edited. That's why I have > copied the database from $HOME/.config to ~gdm/.config, and how I > obtained a French kb layout in gdm. > > But all this makes me think that it is very hard to know what one is > doing then tweaking gnome configuration. What is used and what not, and > so on... A recipe for setting the gdm keyboard may work on one system > and not on another, maybe depending on the order applications have been > compiled or loaded... > > I've tried to wipe out .config, .local, and .cache in my $HOME, and in > /var/lib/gdm, on two different (Sysv) systems. Starting one gives a > French keyboard in gdm, the other one, no! > > BTW, on a systemd machine, after running "localectl set-x11-keymap fr", > gdm start with an azerty layout, and the screen keyboard shows an > azerty keyboard. That is, everything is working out of the box! > > Oh, also, I've installed no Xorg driver at all (forgotten) on this > machine with only gnome, and nevertheless, I have mouse and keyboard! > Must be because gdm and gnome are using Wayland sessions. glxinfo shows > "Mesa DRI Intel(R) Haswell Desktop" as OpenGL Renderer. So it looks > like Wayland does not need Xorg drivers, which means it cannot see the > configuration in /etc/X11/xorg.d. Ok, let me try to disable Wayland... > > I realize this message is mixing up things, but my problem is that I > can't disentangle them. I'm actually unable to have a plan to test > things in a rational way... > > Pierre > > -- > http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page >
Hello Pierre, I have not forgotten to come back to this. I am currently working through the internal files for gnome etc following a number of threads over different support sites, and trying to make it into as easy a list as I possibly can. It is going to take quite some time. It is all related to the azerty layout and interaction between gnome, wayland and even apparently the evdev rules. I am not saying that it will solve anything, but it might. I am making a list of files with directory locations and snippets of the code so that it is layed out and perhaps it can then be made to work. I have never dived into all these files from the back end before and I am trying to stop my brain from putting the brakes on things, as it really is lines of code. Regards, Christopher. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
