Re: [Evolution] can't change any preference setting

[NT KC <kamperen hotmail com>]

Hi,

I have sufficient backup if it would backfire, but agreed  the less 
rigiouse solutions suggested are better/cleaner

Thnx


Den 2017-06-15 kl. 13:51, skrev Ralf Mardorf:
> On Tue, 2017-06-13 at 07:41 +0000, NT KC wrote:
> > So the "sudo rm /run/user/1???/dconf/user" sounds plausible, but had no effect No effect
> >
> > Next i deleted all dconf i could find in my homedir, and now all works.
> Hi,
>
> this wasn't the best thing to do, since by doing this you lost all
> customized settings for all applications using dconf. Next time for
> testing purpose move dconf files in home or directly just change the
> owner permissions.
>
> sudo chown $USER:$USER .config/dconf/user
> sudo chown $USER:$USER .cache/dconf/user
>
> You could use chown for the tmpfs file in /run/user/, too, but as
> already pointed out, in my experiences it simply could be removed
> without unwanted side effects. I still welcome an explanation from Andre
> about the "the consequences" that "are way beyond Evolution", since I'm
> not aware of any consequence.
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
>
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