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GConfd seems to be no longer refreshing the client-side cache properly
in Intrepid beta. Changes made by the current user with the
configuration-editor (gconf-editor), or using pure gconftool-2 or
another program (e.g., gnome-network-preferences) will update GConfd's
cache properly, however, changes made using sudo -u $USRE gconftool-2...
will not notify GConfd to update it's cache.
It is possible to work around this by either restarting gconfd (by
running gconftool-2 --shutdown), or opening gconf-editor. Both of these
seem to force the cache to reload somehow.
This is most easily demonstrated by running the following in a terminal
(WARNING: will modify your network proxy settings):
1. Check existing settings:
gconftool-2 --get /system/proxy/mode #will echo the current state as gconfd
see's things
sudo -u $USER gconftool-2 --get /system/proxy/mode #will echo the current state
as the underlying xml file actually is
2. Change the settings in gconfd
gconftool-2 --type string --set /system/proxy/mode manual #will update the
gconfd's settings
gconftool-2 --get /system/proxy/mode #will echo 'manual'
sudo -u $USER gconftool-2 --get /system/proxy/mode #will echo 'manual'
2. Change the settings in the underlying xml file
sudo -u $USER gconftool-2 --type string --set /system/proxy/mode none #will
update the gconfd's settings
gconftool-2 --get /system/proxy/mode #WILL STILL ECHO 'manual'
sudo -u $USER gconftool-2 --get /system/proxy/mode #will now echo 'none'
gconf2:
Installed: 2.24.0-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 2.24.0-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 2.24.0-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://mirror.optus.net intrepid/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
== Regression details ==
Discovered in version: 2.24.0-0ubuntu1
Last known good version: 2.22.0-0ubuntu3
** Affects: gconf
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
** Affects: gconf (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: gconf gconf-editor gconfd regression-release
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gconfd does not refresh cache when sudo-ing current user to modify setting
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290647
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