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gsettings not working over ssh

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I'm trying to change Unity Launcher icons on a remote computer with command:

gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Launcher favorites ...

and it works perfectly

But when I do

ssh 127.0.0.1

gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Launcher favorites ...

I get this:

    (process:9616): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: Error spawning 

command line `dbus-launch --autolaunch=aaa5bb6eaa7cd50f2af1f10000000004 --binary-syntax 

--close-stderr': Child process exited with code 1

And that is for any gsettings calls from ssh.

Where is the problem?

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answered 2 Years ago errettas · Accepted Answer

I don't think dbus is running in the remote ssh session. You need to start it yourself, but that's pretty easy to do:

dbus-launch gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Launcher favorites ...

Also make sure that the user is correct, you can set settings for another user (if that's what you're doing) like this:

sudo -u other dbus-launch gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Launcher favorites ...

The above assumes the user you're changing settings for is "other", change as appropriate.