Scott please could you make a screencast of your problem as per these instructions and attach a video? https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome- help/stable/screen-shot-record.html.en
If you can produce a screencast showing your issue then you can also file an issue upstream and attach it to that: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues Link to your issue in this bug when you're done :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1766331 Title: nautilus preference is not remembered Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Description: Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch) Release: 18.04 apt-cache policy nautilus nautilus: Installed: 1:3.26.3-0ubuntu4 Candidate: 1:3.26.3-0ubuntu4 Version table: *** 1:3.26.3-0ubuntu4 500 500 http://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status nautilus -> Files -> Preferences -> Behaviour changes I make here fail to be remembered for example by default value of -> Behaviour -> Open Action -> is "Double click to open items" however when I choose "Single click to open items" then close nautilus and re-open nautilus that Preference change did not take This is also true for other Preference changes ... nautilus fails to retain Preference changes Importantly when I make same change using tool dconf-editor on a virgin box it correctly make the setting changes ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.26.3-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-15.16-generic 4.15.15 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Apr 23 14:51:39 2018 GsettingsChanges: InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-02-23 (58 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180222) SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) usr_lib_nautilus: dropbox 2015.10.28 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1766331/+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
