Similar behavior happens here with Karmic alpha 5 amd64. The show "Nice" column setting is not persistent. It works but once you quit the system monitor, when you open it again the Nice column is not shown anymore and you have to activate it again in the preferences.
-- System Monitor won't remember " CPU% " preference setting https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/153529 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs