Was reading that blogpost : http://www.mattfischer.com/blog/?p=431 and then checked my system. What i've seen: - the dconf-tool settings , for example : the chosen background, are not writen inside the user profile. - worst, dconf use the wired default setting, as my "user" is not created by the configuration process. So i wonder about how is your config settings about dconf : mainly /.config/dconf/ & /etc/dconf/profile/. As profile, i only have "gdm", but not my login username. But my system is an PP dist-upgrade, not a fresh install, so maybe a difference exist.
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