[Bug 1802799] Re: Featherpad preference settings ignored when reopening (Lubuntu 18.10)
In my opinion NO, it was a user (you) who created issue because you were probably using elevated privileges (sudo featherpad) when you changed settings; meaning you denied yourself access to those settings (unless using elevated privileges later). eg. in following I look at my featherpad.conf file guiverc@d960-ubu2:~/.config/featherpad$ ls -la fp.conf -rw-rw-r-- 1 guiverc guiverc 1011 Nov 2 23:18 fp.conf i run it using `sudo` to elevate my privileges (using `sudo`), and make config change guiverc@d960-ubu2:~/.config/featherpad$ sudo featherpad QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-root' QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-root' now I look at the same file as before - note it's now owned by root !! because I changed file whilst using `sudo` (or m guiverc@d960-ubu2:~/.config/featherpad$ ls -la fp.conf -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 974 Nov 12 11:18 fp.conf I now try & make changes to config whilst just me - note the errors & it's rejected guiverc@d960-ubu2:~/.config/featherpad$ featherpad (featherpad:13834): IBUS-WARNING **: 11:18:15.625: Unable to connect to ibus: Could not connect: Connection refused guiverc@d960-ubu2:~/.config/featherpad$ ls -la fp.conf -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 974 Nov 12 11:18 fp.conf my changes no longer worked; I got the IBUS-WARNING error because I no longer have permissions. I suspect this is your issue - ie. user created by making preference or like changes whilst not you (you were probably using elevated or sudo privileges). To learn, maybe look at result of guiverc@d960-ubu2:~/.config/featherpad$ whoami guiverc guiverc@d960-ubu2:~/.config/featherpad$ sudo whoami root I'd suggest this is user-error & not a bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1802799 Title: Featherpad preference settings ignored when reopening (Lubuntu 18.10) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/featherpad/+bug/1802799/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1802799] Re: Featherpad preference settings ignored when reopening (Lubuntu 18.10)
ps. I should have included; but I used `sudo chown guiverc:guiverc fp.conf` to reset permissions (owner:group) of my fp.conf file back to me (guiverc). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1802799 Title: Featherpad preference settings ignored when reopening (Lubuntu 18.10) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/featherpad/+bug/1802799/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1802799] Re: Featherpad preference settings ignored when reopening (Lubuntu 18.10)
sudo featherpad will write the config to users home - as you experienced. It's not a bug - thats exactly the reason why using graphical applications with sudo is discouraged. To fix: chown $user:$user -R ~/.config/featherpad should be sufficent ** Changed in: featherpad (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1802799 Title: Featherpad preference settings ignored when reopening (Lubuntu 18.10) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/featherpad/+bug/1802799/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1802799] Re: Featherpad preference settings ignored when reopening (Lubuntu 18.10)
Additional: If one want to use featherpad with elevated rights lxsudo might be the way to go. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1802799 Title: Featherpad preference settings ignored when reopening (Lubuntu 18.10) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/featherpad/+bug/1802799/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1802799] Re: Featherpad preference settings ignored when reopening (Lubuntu 18.10)
Thank you for your help. Unfortunately I'm not very literate in commands, but it does seem to be owned by root. After reading a Featherpad topic in https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=43865#p442113 I tried sudo featherpad to open, changed settings, exit, and now opening featherpad normally from Application Menu retains the desired settings. Should this still be regarded as a bug because of the workaround? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1802799 Title: Featherpad preference settings ignored when reopening (Lubuntu 18.10) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/featherpad/+bug/1802799/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1802799] Re: Featherpad preference settings ignored when reopening (Lubuntu 18.10)
Picnic at it's best - please chown the featherpad configuration in ~/.config - i'd bet it is owned by root. So - bad luck. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1802799 Title: Featherpad preference settings ignored when reopening (Lubuntu 18.10) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/featherpad/+bug/1802799/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
