Le 25.04.2014 14:01, berenger.morel@neutralite.org a écrit :
Le 24.04.2014 11:53, James Collier a écrit :Hi Berenger (and all), Thanks very much for the replies. My installed dconf packages and versions: james@james-turing:~$ apt-cache search dconf | grep dconf dconf-cli - simple configuration storage system - utilities dconf-editor - simple configuration storage system - utilities dconf-gsettings-backend - simple configuration storage system - GSettings back-end dconf-service - simple configuration storage system - D-Bus service dconf-tools - transitional dummy package libdconf-dbg - simple configuration storage system - debugging symbols libdconf-dbus-1-0 - simple configuration storage system - D-Bus library libdconf-dbus-1-dbg - simple configuration storage system - D-Bus debug symbols libdconf-dbus-1-dev - simple configuration storage system - D-Bus development files libdconf-dev - simple configuration storage system - development files libdconf-doc - simple configuration storage system - documentation libdconf1 - simple configuration storage system - runtime library upstart-dconf-bridge - DConf bridge for upstart james@james-turing:~$ apt-cache policy dconf-service dconf-service: Installed: 0.18.0-1 Candidate: 0.18.0-1 Version table: *** 0.18.0-1 0 500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ [2] sid/main amd64 Packages 500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ [3] testing/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status james@james-turing:~$ apt-cache policy libdconf1 libdconf1: Installed: 0.18.0-1 Candidate: 0.18.0-1 Version table: *** 0.18.0-1 0 500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ [4] sid/main amd64 Packages 500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ [5] testing/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status james@james-turing:~$ apt-cache policy libdconf-dbus-1-0 libdconf-dbus-1-0: Installed: 0.18.0-1 Candidate: 0.18.0-1 Version table: *** 0.18.0-1 0 500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ [6] sid/main amd64 Packages 500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ [7] testing/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Wow, classic DEs are really bloated...Since those packages does have the same versions as in testing, I doubt that the problem comes from version. But you really did not installed *-dev and *-dbg packages? They are completely useless for normal users. *-dev files are useful for programmers, and *-dbg... well, I do not know what the hell they are, I never really had to debug a package in Debian with them, I usually prefer to download mainstream versions and try to fix things there :)
Anyway...
How do I check that all recommended packages are selected?It depends on the tools you are accustomed to. Personally, I use aptitude with it's ncurse semi-graphical interface.I've just done a tasksel and noticed "Debian desktop environment" wasn'tselected, but "laptop" was. Unfortunately the dconf problem persists.As for ~/.share, it doesn't exist on my system.My mistake: I meant ~/.cache a
... Sorry, my fingers took the wrong path... I meant ~/.cache and ~/.local.You could also remove stuff like ~/.dbus. Oh, and not removing them, in fact, simply moving them somewhere else, just in case.
If the problem is not solved, and to be sure the problem does not come from something in your home, you can just try to create a new user, log-in with it, and check if the problem still happen. If yes, then the problem is probably a bug in something and you will probably could use reportbug.
I can not really help a lot more, I never really used any big DE, and one of the things I usually does on my systems is to disable dbus daemons and other kind of things which are used to make linux more like windows ( dconf is an "alternative" of regedit, in my opinion. And this is bad, still in my opinion. )
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