Gnome terminal

[Kam Leo]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 10:58 -0800, Kam Leo wrote:
>> The fix is to run this as root:
>>
>> gconftool-2 --set --type=bool /apps/nautilus-open-terminal/desktop_opens_home_dir true
>
> Shouldn't that be done as the user that wants their configuration
> changed?
>
> It works for me, done as me, here on my computer.  I'd expect doing it
> as root to only affect the root user, and a different command line to be
> used to set a system default to be applied to users.
>
> --
> [tim at localhost ~]$ uname -r
> 2.6.27.9-73.fc9.i686

I opened a terminal, did an "su -" and ran the command. Opened another
terminal after executing the command and the default directory changed
to /home/user. I logged out and logged in as a different user. The
change applied across the board for all users.