Public bug reported:
steps to reproduce;
1) open gnome-control-center
2) click on privacy
3) screen lock
4) click on 'on' (to turn off)
error message in the console:
(gnome-control-center:25678): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes
to dconf: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed:
Failed to execute program ca.desrt.dconf: No such file or directory
switch bounces back to 'on'
You can change 'Lock screen after blank for' (screen turns off)
...but it seems to have no effect, and if you exit back to main control centre
menu and go back to privacy it's re set to (screen turns off).
similarly
Show Notifications bounces back to default 'on' once clicked,
as does 'recently used'
and dropdowns 'retain history' in usage & history also go back to default
'forever' once you go back to them.
tl;dr privacy settings don't actually do anything
This did not seem to be the case in Ubuntu xenial ( 16.04 ), but has
been so since upgrade to ubuntu yakkety ( 16.10 ).
gnome-control-center: 1:3.20.1-2ubuntu3
dconf-service: 0.26.0-2
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.20.1-2ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-22.24-generic 4.8.0
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Thu Oct 20 11:02:11 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-09 (833 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140708)
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-16 (3 days ago)
** Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug yakkety
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privacy settings not saved
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