You get this error when elevating privileges to root using sudo, gksu or pkexec. Further you can't set default tab stops, tabs to spaces, font, it doesn't return to last save position and the entire top line menu dissappears.
I'm curious whether creating an account called "root" will setup configuration files for gedit to save to??? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1575484 Title: "Set document metadata failed" Status in gedit: Invalid Status in gedit package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Bug description: Whenever I edit a document via the Terminal, I get these error messages: ** (gedit:12864): WARNING **: Set document metadata failed: Setting attribute metadata::gedit-spell-enabled not supported ** (gedit:12864): WARNING **: Set document metadata failed: Setting attribute metadata::gedit-encoding not supported ** (gedit:12864): WARNING **: Set document metadata failed: Setting attribute metadata::gedit-position not supported Info: OS: Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial) x64 App version: 3.18.3 - Blossom To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gedit/+bug/1575484/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
