Ubuntu 10.04 forgets some settings…

[Johnny Rosenberg]

I am not sure if this is a bug or if I did something wrong, but here
is what I did and what happened:

I had Ubuntu 9.10 and I wanted 10:04 but since the Dist Upgrade thing
never worked for me and since I had some issues with 9.10 I did a
fresh install, however keeping my /home partition and all settings
there.

I installed by running the latest version of UNetBootin and select
Ubuntu 10.04 Live  there, creating an USB stick.
Restarting my computer, selecting the USB stick to boot into Ubuntu
10.04 Live, then double clicking the Install icon.
Everything went well but I had some issues with my windows, which was
solved when I installed the proprietary display drivers (Nvidia),
CompizFusion settings manager and Emerald etc. My old settings was
then adapted and everything looked as usual.
Then I selected Extra visual effects to get the cube back and some
other stuff that I ”can't live without”.

But something is obviously wrong somewhere, because every time I start
my computer, visual effects are set to ”None” and I have to reselect
”Extra”. As if that was not enough, some of the Compiz Fusion effects
are unselected, like Rotate Cube and 3D windows. Also the number of
desktops are set to 4×1 so I have to reselect 4×4. I have to do all
this every time I start my computer.

I know that visual effects are not as important as cancer research or
saving the world from starvation and sickness, but still they are
there and if they are they should work. Besides I like them and I find
some of the effects pretty useful making my computer live somewhat
easier…

Any suggestions for debugging this problem? I am not a pure beginner –
i had Ubuntu since 7.04, but I am still not much more than a regular
user, using Ubuntu to get things done rather than fiddling with the
system (even if I can fiddle with it a little bit too, but still
learning).

Regards

Johnny Rosenberg