I had to chance this from dconf to tracker. I filed the same bug with Gnome - https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=779342 and a fix has already been released.
** Package changed: dconf (Ubuntu) => tracker (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to tracker in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1654406 Title: Ubuntu 16.04.1LTS - (tracker-extract:3459): dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to create file '/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied. dconf will not work properly. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tracker/+bug/1654406/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
