Hi Folks This seems like a bit of a nub Q, so perhaps I'm missing something obvious - but, perhaps not? I want to dump my gnome account user settings so as to load them in a fresh account following a clean install. I've used: [morgan morgansmachine ~]$ gconftool-2 --direct --config-source=xml:readwrite:/home/morgan/.gconf --dump / > ~/Desktop/gconftool-2.dump Followed by: [test morgansmachine ~]$ gconftool-2 --direct --config-source=xml:readwrite:/home/test/.gconf --load=/home/test/Desktop/gconftool-2.dump At first glance this seemed to achieve the desired result. Except for my menu customisations, so: - What's the process to re-create a custom menu configuration in a fresh account - is it possible via gconftool-2/gconf-editor? - I've found the "xml:readwrite:/home/test/.gconf" syntax on a Gentoo site (http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Gnome_Desktop_Admin_Guide#Customizing_Panels) is there an explanation anywhere? (There's no mention in the gconftool-2 man page and the best google's given me is... the gentoo page.) - This seems a really basic thing I'm trying to do, yet the available information seems very limited (to the extent that neither the --dump nor --load commands are documented in the man page) - Has anyone written a simple howto to achieve my goal anywhere? - Is there a better way to achieve my desired results - that is, re-create my gnome user set-up in a fresh account after a clean install? I feel what I'm trying to achieve is so basic that there must be procedure that "just works" (a save and load command via gconf-editor perhaps - am I missing something? Any help much appreciated. Regards, Morgan. -- Morgan Read NEW ZEALAND <mailto:mstuffATreadDOTorgDOTnz> fedora: Freedom Forever! http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Overview "By choosing not to ship any proprietary or binary drivers, Fedora does differ from other distributions. ..." Quote: Max Spevik http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/17/177220 RMS on fedora: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FreeSoftwareAnalysis/FSF
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