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I have an annoying issue with gedit on Ubuntu 18.04. Only under sudo gedit when I can see/change preferences. Appreciate any experience to a solution. Tried all the methods I can find such as removing the accels file including re-install gedit, none resolved the problem. This link is the closest to the problem, but I still do not know how to retain the settings for regular user. Appreciate any insight.

Yifangt
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  • What's the ownership/permission situation? sudo find $HOME \! -user $USER -ls, and find $HOME \! -readable will point out problems. – waltinator Jul 24 '18 at 18:16
  • Could you please elaborate more on ownership/permission situation? You command lines gave a too long list to be posted here. – Yifangt Jul 26 '18 at 19:30
  • This is a main reason why running GUI programs as root is a Bad Idea. They update files in your $HOME/... as root. Later, as $USER, troubling – waltinator Jul 26 '18 at 21:50
  • Thanks! Your comment emphasizes using gedit (or any other GUI apps!) under root is bad. Actually I did not use gedit as root, and I do not want to. I wish you could suggest a solution, if possible. – Yifangt Jul 31 '18 at 21:54
  • @Yifangt Let me know if this potential duplicate solves your problem: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1045114/gedit-manage-external-tools-menu-option-doesnt-appear – WinEunuuchs2Unix Aug 01 '18 at 23:45
  • @WinEunuuchs2Unix --I should have read the post https://askubuntu.com/questions/1045114/gedit-manage-external-tools-menu-option-doesnt-appear first. But, unfortunately, it did not work! Also I check the ownership/permission, for those under my home/ all have the right ownership. – Yifangt Aug 03 '18 at 17:54

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You can find the files and directories under $HOME that don't belong to you (to your $USER) with (note sudo - this needs to run as root): 

sudo find $HOME \! -user $USER -print

If you want to change the owner back to you, you can (this will handle funny filenames, too): 

sudo find $HOME \! -user $USER -print0 | xargs -0 sudo chown --verbose $(id -u):$(id -g)
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  • Thanks! I checked the permission of the folder/files in my home directory, all are correct. especially gedit and related are under my ownership. – Yifangt Aug 03 '18 at 17:59