Create /etc/dconf/db/site and /etc/dconf/db/distro

beardedeagle

3/11/24, 8:48 PM

I am getting the following error from dconf upon login to my Ubuntu 22.04 dell precision 5570 workstation:

Error found when loading /etc/profile

# unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/site': Failed to open file "/etc/dconf/db/site": open() failed: No such file or directory: expect degraded performance
# unable to open file '/etc/dconf/db/distro': Failed to open file "/etc/dconf/db/distro": open() failed: No such file or directory: expect degraded performance

As a result the session will not be configured correctly. You should fix the problem as soon as feasible.

I have tried following the steps found in this askubuntu question: https://askubuntu.com/a/1397206/268697

However, when I run sudo dconf update it does not create the /etc/dconf/db/site or /etc/dconf/db/distro files. This appears to be causing some issues with my session once logged.

Interestingly this only appears to happen when I enable a proprietary nvidia driver via Software & Updates -> Additional Drivers (Currently have nvidia-driver-525 enabled).

I've looked around elsewhere and am not really finding anything to resolve this issue. Is this a known bug or is there a known fix that I'm just not finding?

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beardedeagle

3/13/24, 3:52 AM

So I fixed the error presenting on reboot with the following:

sudo touch /etc/dconf/db/site
sudo touch /etc/dconf/db/distro
sudo mkdir /etc/dconf/db/site.d
sudo mkdir /etc/dconf/db/distro.d
sudo dconf update

Not sure if there was supposed to be configuration written to these, so not sure this is a fix so much as a bandaid.

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Greg Barrett

5/24/24, 4:03 PM

Thanks… I have also searched for a resolution to this issue to no avail, but your "solution" also worked for me.

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