How to reset dconf settings?

[Volker Wysk]

Am Mittwoch, dem 30.10.2024 um 08:43 +0100 schrieb Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-
users:
> On Fri, 2024-10-25 at 19:10 +0200, Volker Wysk wrote:
> > Never mind. I found it:
> > 
> > https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-reset-ubuntu-to-default-settings-without-losing-data/
> 
> Hi,
> 
> instead of resetting everything and then restoring the other data from a
> backup while using dconf, 

That's not how I did it. The tutorial (link above) also documents how to
reset only specific settings:

dconf reset -f /org/virt-manager/virt-manager/

> try using gsettings. Gesettings allows you to
> just reset specific settings, such as all virt-manager settings or even
> just some virt-manager settings. 

So does dconf.

> I've never done this for virt-manager
> settings, but once tested it for other settings. Ihave used both dconf
> and gsettings frequently and most of the time gsetttings is the better
> solution.

Okay. How comes? Does gsettings do the same job as dconf (similar or apt and
aptitude)?

> $ gsettings help | grep reset
>   reset                     Reset the value of a key
>   reset-recursively         Reset all values in a given schema
> 
> $ gsettings list-schemas | grep virt
> org.virt-manager.virt-manager
> org.virt-manager.virt-manager.confirm
> org.virt-manager.virt-manager.connections
> org.virt-manager.virt-manager.console
> org.virt-manager.virt-manager.details
> org.virt-manager.virt-manager.new-vm
> org.virt-manager.virt-manager.paths
> org.virt-manager.virt-manager.stats
> org.virt-manager.virt-manager.urls
> org.virt-manager.virt-manager.vmlist-fields
> 
> $ gsettings list-recursively org.virt-manager.virt-manager | grep net
> org.virt-manager.virt-manager.stats enable-net-poll true
> org.virt-manager.virt-manager.vmlist-fields network-traffic false

Cheers,
Volker