Public bug reported:
Since 20.04 has been released, the option "Show Hidden Files" has never
lasted long. It never persists over a reboot and even during the same
session, it will just hide the files after some random (it seems random)
interval.
This happens for me on 3 different computers, all different builds. This
happens on a vanilla install too. I have never been able to make "Show
Hidden Files" last longer than an hourish, and never over a reboot.
I work a lot in hidden files, this is mostly just frustrating to me
since it happens randomly and when I am moving around a project, I have
to keep toggling "Show Hidden Files" to get work done.
I did have to reinstall `gnome-control-center` after a fresh install and
updating Ubuntu 20.04 the latest version, I am not sure if that could
help identify the issue but I have always had this issue on 20.04 so I
am doubtful.
I did this running:
```
sudo apt install --reinstall gnome-control-center
```
I had to reinstall this since Settings was no longer available after the
system was updated (fresh install with `sudo apt update && sudo apt
upgrade` is what broken it for me to have to reinstall it.
I even tried using:
```
gsettings set org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser show-hidden true
```
but the issue still happens.
Also, not sure why nautilus is installed, I thought 20.04 was gnome?
Again, this is a fresh install (15 days old)
```
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
Release: 20.04
```
```
$ apt-cache policy nautilus
nautilus:
Installed: 1:3.36.3-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 1:3.36.3-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 1:3.36.3-0ubuntu1 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1:3.36.1.1-1ubuntu2 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages
```
```
apt-cache policy gnome
gnome:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 1:3.30+2
Version table:
1:3.30+2 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/universe amd64 Packages
```
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.36.3-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-27.29~20.04.1-generic 5.11.22
Uname: Linux 5.11.0-27-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Aug 19 09:46:31 2021
GsettingsChanges:
b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'initial-size' b'(1280, 1393)'
b'org.gnome.nautilus.preferences' b'default-folder-viewer' b"'list-view'"
b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size',
'type', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions', 'where', 'date_modified',
'date_modified_with_time', 'date_accessed', 'recency', 'starred',
'detailed_type']"
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-08-03 (15 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64
(20210209.1)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_nautilus:
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal
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