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Re: Updates lost/moved gnome settings
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christine L Moulen)
Fri Feb 20 10:22:17 2009
From: Christine L Moulen <orbitee@MIT.EDU>
To: Tim Abbott <tabbott@mit.edu>
Cc: testers@mit.edu
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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:21:10 -0500
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Looks like you are correct.
>From my /var/log/dpkg.log:
2009-02-19 10:08:25 upgrade debathena-gconf2-config 1.2~ubuntu8.04
1.4~ubuntu8.04
2009-02-19 10:08:25 status half-configured debathena-gconf2-config
1.2~ubuntu8.04
2009-02-19 10:08:26 status unpacked debathena-gconf2-config
1.2~ubuntu8.04
2009-02-19 10:08:26 status half-installed debathena-gconf2-config
1.2~ubuntu8.04
2009-02-19 10:08:26 status half-installed debathena-gconf2-config
1.2~ubuntu8.04
2009-02-19 10:08:26 status unpacked debathena-gconf2-config
1.4~ubuntu8.04
2009-02-19 10:08:26 status unpacked debathena-gconf2-config
1.4~ubuntu8.04
And from /var/log/apt/term.log:
Preparing to replace debathena-gconf2-config 1.2~ubuntu8.04
(using .../debathena-gconf2-config_1.4~ubuntu8.04_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement debathena-gconf2-config ...
Setting up debathena-gconf2-config (1.4~ubuntu8.04) ...
I did a workstation install on January 24, using the process on the
athena10 web site. Hadn't done any updates since.
Christine
On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 20:05 -0500, Tim Abbott wrote:
> The transition from .gconf-debathena-ubuntu to .gconf-debathena-hardy
> happened in May 2008 with the debathena-gconf2-config 1.3 release. That
> release also had code that was supposed to do the migration automatically
> by copying dotfile directories appropriately (installed as an xsession
> script).
>
> So, one possibility is that debathena-gconf2-config was for some reason at
> version 1.2 before this update (which probably brought it to 1.4, which
> was released about a month ago), and the transition code didn't work. We
> could check whether this happened by looking at the lines related to
> debathena-gconf2-config in /var/log/aptitude.
>
> -Tim Abbott
>
> On Thu, 19 Feb 2009, Christine L Moulen wrote:
>
> > I installed a bunch of updates today, like a month worth. There were several
> > debathena updates in the mix. I could list them all if that's useful.
> >
> > After relogging in, gnome and several programs lost all my configurations.
> > Things disappeared from the panel, screensaver settings gone, evolution thought
> > it had upgraded from version 1.0.0 and lost all my preferences as well as setup
> > of a local mail account.
> >
> > Hunting through dotfiles and such, I think it's related to settings previously
> > being stored under .gconf-debathena-ubuntu and now under
> > .gconf-debathena-hardy. But nothing was migrated from the old to new location.
> >
> > Christine
> >
