Re: [Ekiga-list] Configuration disappeared

["Tony Moody" <aim aptech co za>]

On 28 Jan 2014 at 8:14, Eugen Dedu wrote about :

Subject : Re: [Ekiga-list] Configuration disa

Date sent:                  Tue, 28 Jan 2014 08:14:26 +0100

From:                         Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>

To:                             aim aptech co za, Ekiga mailing list <ekiga-list gnome org>

Subject:                      Re: [Ekiga-list] Configuration disappeared

> On 28/01/14 01:46, Tony Moody wrote:

> > On 24 Jan 2014 at 14:17, Eugen Dedu wrote about :

> > Subject : Re: [Ekiga-list] Configuration disa

> >

> > Date sent:              Fri, 24 Jan 2014 14:17:25 +0100

> > From:                    Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>

> > To:             aim aptech co za, Ekiga mailing list

> > <ekiga-list gnome org> Subject:              Re: [Ekiga-list] Configuration

> > disappeared

> >

> >> On 24/01/14 13:23, Tony Moody wrote:

> >>> Hi Folks,

> >>>

> >>> Configuration details have been deleted by something. How could that

> >>> happen? What could cause that?

> >>>

> >>> I am left with Ekiga with the original admin blank startup details.

> >>> This is Second time that has happened. First time I was fussing a lot

> >>> on the pc. This time there was no fiddling on my part. Running XP

> >>>

> >>> I had found my saved copy of ekiga.conf and saved it to C:\Documents

> >>> and Settings\Admin\Application Data\ekiga.conf but no change.

> >>>

> >>> OK now I have bludgeoned it by Exit ekiga, Copy contents of saved

> >>> ekiga.conf and pasting into the working file as above . Restart Ekiga

> >>> ; IT WORKS. I'm baffled why the file copy did not work. Could only be

> >>> be own finger trouble.

> >>

> >> Could you be more precise?  Do you mean that one day when you started

> >> ekiga, it lost its settings?

> >>

> >> If yes, what ekiga version do you run?  Have you upgraded gtk+ on your

> >> machine (possibly from another application which uses it)?

> >>

> >> --

> >> Eugen

> >

> > OK, a momentary Power Failure caused pc to crash and which caused Ekiga

> > to lose all settings. Ekiga restored by copy contents of saved backup

> > file to C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Application Data\ekiga.conf

>

> Ok.  Ekiga uses now gsettings to store configuration settings.  Hope

> gsettings does not have this problem.

>

> --

> Eugen

Apologies Eugen , I don't know what gsettings is or where to find any handles to it. I had a brief look and it seems this is not a windows XP thing.

OK,

Tony