GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 656873
gconf-editor has sync issue to set value
Last modified: 2018-07-01 08:39:16 UTC
1, open gconf-editor 2, set value of "/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/banner_message_text" to "test". 3, open termnial and excute command "cat ~/.gconf/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/%gconf.xml" 4, re-do step#2 with value "hello" and step#3. You will see the value which is set in step#2 is not set to %gconf.xml.
I have had similar headaches trying to set the keyboard shortcuts in gnome-terminal but the settings not sticking. I am using gconf 3.1.6-0ubuntu1 in Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric."
well except my issue is not related to gconf.
Sorry, I meant to say that my issue is not limited to gconf-editor.
I can no longer reproduce this bug. Joey, what operating system were you using and what version of gconf-editor? And do you still experience your reported problem?
Yes, I can still reproduce this issue. I am using openSUSE 12.1 M3 and gconf-editor is 3.0.0. I also think that this may not only related with gconf-editor, and probably related with gconfd.
gconf-editor is not under active development anymore and has not seen code changes for six years. Its codebase has been archived: https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/gconf-editor/commits/master Closing this report as WONTFIX as part of Bugzilla Housekeeping to reflect reality. Please feel free to reopen this ticket (or rather transfer the project to GNOME Gitlab, as GNOME Bugzilla is deprecated) if anyone takes the responsibility for active development again.