Settings that don't stick

[Colin Law]

On 30 December 2010 22:00, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
> ..
> $ find . -iname "*calc*"
> ./.openoffice.org/3/user/registry/cache/org.openoffice.Office.Calc.dat
> ./.libreoffice/3/user/config/soffice.cfg/modules/scalc
>
>
> $ ls .gconf/apps/
> compiz/        %gconf.xml            gnome-screensaver/      metacity/
> update-manager/
> eog/           gedit-2/              gnome-screenshot/       nautilus/   update-notifier/
> evolution/     gnome-alsamixer/      gnome-settings/         nm-applet/  vinagre/
> file-roller/   gnome-dictionary/     gnome_settings_daemon/  panel/
> gconf-editor/  gnome-power-manager/  gnome-terminal/         procman/
>
> No gcalctool (or any *calc*) files in my home directory.  Interesting....
>
> I also checked in gconf-editor and there were no "calc" entries listed
> there, either.  (This is what I meant by "poking around.")

Well it is certainly there on 10.04 for me.  See if you can create a
folder .gconf/apps/gcalctool, perhaps it is not there because it is
unable to create it.

Colin