How to create a key in the dconf or gsettings Editor?

Pingvin1 · 10-25-2021, 09:25 AM

I have dconf editor version: 3.36.7. Linux: 20.04.3-Ubuntu LTS.
When experimenting, I deleted the key "org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.mouse locate-pointer" through the dconf Editor.
How to create a key in the dconf or gsettings Editor?

shruggy · 10-25-2021, 09:37 AM

Are you sure you deleted it? I cannot find out how to do this from inside dconf Editor. Could it be that you just set a filter to not display it? In the latter case, see Reset visible keys in the sandwich menu (≡).

An easy way to restore a key to its default value is this (from the command line):

Code:

gsettings reset org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.mouse locate-pointer

or

Code:

dconf reset /org/gnome/settings-daemon/peripherals/mouse/locate-pointer

Pingvin1 · 10-25-2021, 10:21 AM

The first method was written in the terminal: the "location indicator" key is missing.
And the second method did not write anything to the terminal, but did not create the key.

shruggy · 10-25-2021, 10:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pingvin1

The first method was written in the terminal: the "location indicator" key is missing.

What "location indicator"? The key name is locate-pointer. You have to enter the command exactly as shown. Did you type the key name in Russian? "указатель местоположения" obviously won't work there.

BTW, did they really translate locate-pointer in Zorin as "указатель местоположения"? That's wrong, it really means "найти указатель".

Pingvin1 · 10-25-2021, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shruggy

What "location indicator"? The key name is locate-pointer. You have to enter the command exactly as shown. Did you type the key name in Russian? "указатель местоположения" obviously won't work there.

"location indicator" this key name was made by google translator for forum only, due to my mistake.
In the terminal, I typed: "gsettings reset org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.mouse locate-pointer" and gsettings said there was no "locate-pointer" key. It really isn't in dconf. The key needs to be created.

shruggy · 10-25-2021, 11:51 AM

Are you sure you have org.gnome.settings-daemon at all? I don't recall seeing this schema in Ubuntu 20.04. Please show the output of

Code:

gsettings list-schemas | grep -F org.gnome.s

If it's not there, try to locate that setting via GNOME Tweaks.

Pingvin1 · 10-26-2021, 02:56 AM

The view when the key was, unfortunately in Russian: https://cloud.mail.ru/public/CanK/9fwbEnJNv
The result of entering in the terminal "gsettings list-schemas | grep -F org.gnome.s" in the attached file is also in Russian: schemas.txt
If something needs to be translated. I will be happy to translate.

shruggy · 10-26-2021, 04:25 AM

OK. Try

Code:

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.mouse locate-pointer false

Pingvin1 · 10-26-2021, 07:43 AM

Code:

The "locate-pointer" key is missing

I did it before I created this topic.

shruggy · 10-26-2021, 08:56 AM

Try to reinstall gnome-settings-daemon and gnome-settings-daemon-common

Code:

sudo apt reinstall gnome-settings-daemon{,-common}

Pingvin1 · 10-26-2021, 01:16 PM

"GNOME Tweaks" did not try, I started to study.
After entering "sudo apt reinstall gnome-settings-daemon{,-common}" - the same error "The 'locate-pointer' key is missing".
I don’t remember exactly how I deleted the key in the dconf editor, it seems I opened the "locate-pointer" key, clicked on the three-bar button and selected "Reset visible keys".
I entered a slightly different command that worked on 18.04.1-Ubuntu LTS and gave the same error in a later version:
"gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.mouse locate-pointer true"

Pingvin1 · 10-27-2021, 12:17 PM

Code:

$ gsettings set org.gnome.gedit.preferences.ui max-recents 'uint32 20'

Worked in 18.04.1-Ubuntu LTS, and in later versions it gave a "no key" error.

Code:

$ gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.mouse locate-pointer true

Worked in 18.04.1-Ubuntu LTS, and in a later version gave an error that the schema is not defined. As I now know, the schema can be edited using the Ctrl + L hotkey in the dconf editor (I removed this key).

Code:

$ sudo apt reinstall gnome-settings-daemon{,-common}

Unfortunately, I did not immediately save the result, the next day I saved the result issued by the terminal in the attached file.
If I reinstall Linux: 20.04.3-Ubuntu LTS, then the "max-Recents" key will still not be there, but I need it.

shruggy · 10-27-2021, 02:18 PM

If you don't mind losing all your customizations, you may try to delete ~/.config/dconf/user. This should revert all settings to their system-wide defaults.

Pingvin1 · 10-28-2021, 03:59 AM

I will think about it. Anyway, there will be no "max-Recents" key. I installed 20.04.2-Ubuntu LTS, it updated to 20.04.3-Ubuntu LTS. It is possible that the new version does not even contain the "locate-pointer" key.
Since dconf matches the Windows registry, there must be a way to generate the key. Maybe I should take a close look at "GNOME Tweaks".

shruggy · 10-28-2021, 05:30 AM

The max-recents key must be installed by package gedit. I would expect it to be in /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.gedit.gschema.xml.

And locate-pointer to be in /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.gschema.xml, which in Ubuntu 20.04 is installed by package gnome-settings-daemon-common.