Public bug reported:
I had expected the settings to update automatically on a fresh install.
However when I booted into my freshly installed Ubuntu 13.10 (still officially
unreleased) the settings were wacky.
This is because, although it was a fresh install I keep my /home partition
separate from the / partition where Ubuntu is installed.
There should be something in the installer to allow me to:
a.) upgrade and keep my /home partition the way it is while updating the
nessicary files on my /home partition
b.) have a script run in the background while installing to make sure I end up
with a sane configuration once installed.
c.) using a different directory for each new install, or renaming the old
directories.... though this is less desirable than the previously mentioned
solutions.
I did install Ubuntu Studio and later install ubuntu-desktop (as I like
the huge preinstalled AV software and lowlatency kernel, but preferr
Unity as my DE).
I preferr to do a fresh install each time, rather than upgrading because
this minimizes cruft and the time required to do an upgrade.
It might be worth examining whether or not it is more beneficial to
offer an option to install with a separate /home partition anyhow, as
this can minimize data loss, and make things easier for fresh installs.
I work around this bug by running:
`rm -rf .config .cache .gnome .gnome2 .gconf `
This seems like it should be pretty simple to run a script that converts
the config files, though I am not extremely proficient at scripting in
bash, etc...
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.304
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-2.1-lowlatency 3.11.0-rc5
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-2-lowlatency i686
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Sep 28 14:45:12 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-26 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha i386
(20130902)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 saucy
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settings don't automatically update in fresh install with /home in
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