I think I know why this is happening now. One of the first things I do when I do a fresh install is remove MySQL since I need to use MySQL 5.7 as 8 causes issues with the projects I work on.
This shows me it is going to remove: colord gnome-control-center hplip libhpmud0 libmysqlclient21 libsane libsane-hpaio libsnmp35 mysql-common mysql-workbench-community printer-driver-hpcups sane-utils simple-scan ubuntu-desktop ubuntu-desktop-minimal I normally use `-y` flag but this time I didn't so I wasn't even aware of this happening. This explains why I had to reinstall the desktop and the gnome control center. This is why I was having issues with the hidden files. While I see this is not a "bug", depending on MySQL 8 is frustrating as this causes many issues when all databases used in enterprise are working with MySQL 5.7. This is mostly due to AWS not supporting 8 for Aurora so this is just an inconvenience for now. I will need to find a better way to install MySQL 5.7 next to 8 as 5.7 is a requirement for my needs and 8 causes too many issues. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1940543 Title: Show Hidden Files does not persist and even resets during the same session Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Since 20.04 has been released, the option "Show Hidden Files" has never lasted long. It never persists over a reboot and even during the same session, it will just hide the files after some random (it seems random) interval. This happens for me on 3 different computers, all different builds. This happens on a vanilla install too. I have never been able to make "Show Hidden Files" last longer than an hourish, and never over a reboot. I work a lot in hidden files, this is mostly just frustrating to me since it happens randomly and when I am moving around a project, I have to keep toggling "Show Hidden Files" to get work done. I did have to reinstall `gnome-control-center` after a fresh install and updating Ubuntu 20.04 the latest version, I am not sure if that could help identify the issue but I have always had this issue on 20.04 so I am doubtful. I did this running: ``` sudo apt install --reinstall gnome-control-center ``` I had to reinstall this since Settings was no longer available after the system was updated (fresh install with `sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade` is what broken it for me to have to reinstall it. I even tried using: ``` gsettings set org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser show-hidden true ``` but the issue still happens. Also, not sure why nautilus is installed, I thought 20.04 was gnome? Again, this is a fresh install (15 days old) ``` $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS Release: 20.04 ``` ``` $ apt-cache policy nautilus nautilus: Installed: 1:3.36.3-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:3.36.3-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1:3.36.3-0ubuntu1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:3.36.1.1-1ubuntu2 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages ``` ``` apt-cache policy gnome gnome: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1:3.30+2 Version table: 1:3.30+2 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/universe amd64 Packages ``` ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.36.3-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-27.29~20.04.1-generic 5.11.22 Uname: Linux 5.11.0-27-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Aug 19 09:46:31 2021 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'initial-size' b'(1280, 1393)' b'org.gnome.nautilus.preferences' b'default-folder-viewer' b"'list-view'" b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions', 'where', 'date_modified', 'date_modified_with_time', 'date_accessed', 'recency', 'starred', 'detailed_type']" InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-08-03 (15 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210209.1) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) usr_lib_nautilus: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1940543/+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
