> The issue seems specific to your system. Interesting, I assumed it was a bug with Focal. I appreciate you taking the time to look into it!
> change the setting in gedit and see if there is a change printed No change is printed while 'gsettings monitor' is running. Tried with other 'org.gnome.gedit.preferences.editor' keys as well. I presume this is why it doesn't persist? The change made on the UI does not get through to gsettings? > gsettings set org.gnome.gedit.preferences.editor display-line-numbers false Yes this works, setting the properties with the above command persists as expected. > $ dpkg -l | grep dconf ii dconf-cli 0.36.0-1 amd64 simple configuration storage system - utilities ii dconf-editor 3.36.0-1 amd64 simple configuration storage system - graphical editor ii dconf-gsettings-backend:amd64 0.36.0-1 amd64 simple configuration storage system - GSettings back-end ii dconf-service 0.36.0-1 amd64 simple configuration storage system - D-Bus service ii libdconf1:amd64 0.36.0-1 amd64 simple configuration storage system - runtime library -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1880806 Title: Gedit unable to save preferences on 20.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1880806/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs