The "settings not actually applied until restart" issue has already been filed under Launchpad bug #34058. It seems this is a known upstream problem since at least 2001. The GNOME bug tracker has gathered half a dozen duplicate bug reports, which shows that people still keep stumbling over this one once in a while.
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