[Bug 1826271] Re: virt-manager does not save preferences
I had the same problem on 24.04 but only when running on root. installing dbux-x11 fixed it on root as well. IMO dbus-x11 should be made a recommended dependency for virt-manager. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1826271 Title: virt-manager does not save preferences To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/d-conf/+bug/1826271/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1826271] Re: virt-manager does not save preferences
Thought I was hitting this same issue - turns out it wasn't quite the same as I did NOT have dconf-editor available. Ended up figuring this out as follows: virt-manager --debug <...go into preferences screen...> (virt-manager:10411): dconf-WARNING **: 03:20:30.256: failed to commit changes to dconf: Failed to execute child process “dbus-launch” (No such file or directory) [Fri, 29 Nov 2019 03:20:30 virt-manager 10411] DEBUG (preferences:97) Showing preferences apt install dbus-x11 all good now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1826271 Title: virt-manager does not save preferences To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/d-conf/+bug/1826271/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1826271] Re: virt-manager does not save preferences
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: d-conf (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1826271 Title: virt-manager does not save preferences To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/d-conf/+bug/1826271/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1826271] Re: virt-manager does not save preferences
Hi, I'm not at all an dconf expert. But after identifying that even base dconf-editor does not let you save things I think we can eliminate virt-manager from the equation. I have added a task to this bug for d-conf to get maintainers of that package to take a look. They might know where to look and after what. ** Also affects: d-conf (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1826271 Title: virt-manager does not save preferences To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/d-conf/+bug/1826271/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 1826271] Re: virt-manager does not save preferences
christian, thanks for your help > none of the updates we have made to virt-manager since Bionic released seems > related to the issue you are describing. ok. thanks for clarifying > This is stored in config option "/stats/enable-disk-poll" > All is stored under "org.virt-manager.virt-manager" namespace. > > $ dconf-editor > And I find org.virt-manager.virt-manager/stats/enable-disk-poll in there with > my value (I enabled it). > It even shows that it is modified from the default (off) and lets me change > it. > This should be stored in permanently in: > /home//.config/dconf/user > and some live only data > /run/user/1000/dconf/user > > Questions: > - Do you have these files yes: -rw-r--r-- 1 mc mc 13005 Apr 5 23:08 /home/mc/.config/dconf/user -rw--- 1 mc mc 2 Apr 25 08:13 /run/user/1000/dconf/user odd that /home//.config/dconf/user has not been written-to since 5 april > - how do the virt-manager values appear with dconf-editor for you? all 'stats' values are set to defaults. > - can you persists the values with dconf-editor? this does not work for me. i can change the value in dconf-editor but the change is not persistent. quitting dconf-editor after making enable-disk-poll "true" the setting reverts to "false" (the default). there is no error message written to syslog or to the terminal. this is odd. as you hint, something must be broken. how can i debug this issue? is there an error log somewhere? regards, m.mccool -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1826271 Title: virt-manager does not save preferences To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virt-manager/+bug/1826271/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1826271] Re: virt-manager does not save preferences
Hi Michael, none of the updates we have made to virt-manager since Bionic released seems related to the issue you are describing. Furthermore I just checked this on my 18.04 and it is saving the preferences just fine (default Desktop, not KDE). This is stored in config option "/stats/enable-disk-poll" I think this uses gconf, so maybe something is (now) missing in your KDE environment? All is stored under "org.virt-manager.virt-manager" namespace. [1]: tells us that this is dconf based. $ dconf-editor And I find org.virt-manager.virt-manager/stats/enable-disk-poll in there with my value (I enabled it). It even shows that it is modified from the default (off) and lets me change it. This should be stored in permanently in: /home//.config/dconf/user and some live only data /run/user/1000/dconf/user Questions: - Do you have these files - how do the virt-manager values appear with dconf-editor for you? - can you persists the values with dconf-editor? [1]: https://askubuntu.com/questions/249887/gconf-dconf-gsettings-and-the-relationship-between-them [2]: https://askubuntu.com/questions/15262/graphical-editor-for-gsettings-dconf ** Changed in: virt-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1826271 Title: virt-manager does not save preferences To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virt-manager/+bug/1826271/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
