I can confirm this bug on a fresh 14.04 installation. Every other day, the focus-follows mouse and autoraise setting is reset to default. I have been using this feature on linux since 13 years. It's really disruptive that settings are just lost.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1112061 Title: unity forgets focus-follows-mouse setting across update and reboot Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I had gone roughly two weeks without rebooting my 12.10 installation. After applying updates that included a new kernel today, I rebooted to finish the updates. Unity forgot my focus-follows-mouse setting across the updates and reboot. Thanks ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: unity 6.12.0-0ubuntu0.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35-generic 3.5.7.2 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell] Date: Thu Jan 31 18:57:02 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-18 (105 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2013-01-20 (12 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1112061/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp