I realize that I should not expect support for my 22.04.05 LTS.
However, does anyone know if there was a bug where dconf "dump" or "list" only reported the first/last item, instead of the expected full list?
Also, is there a recognized wildcard that would identify the desire to list such a full list? Man page shows no indication of such, but you never know when there are undocumented features. 
Version: dconf-cli 0.40.0-3
to understand ... dconf dump /org/ does not work?
Looking at "/org/mate/panel"
dconf dump /org/mate/panel/
gives only this (clearly incomplete):
As for
dconf dump /org/
the dump again appears to be partial:
(NOTE: the results under "mate/panel/" are identical to those above!)
[ArcticaProject/arctica-greeter]
draw-user-backgrounds=true
[ayatana/indicator/datetime]
custom-time-format='%R _ %a %b %d '
show-date=true
show-day=true
[blueman/general]
window-properties=[500, 350, 465, 257]
[gnome/deja-dup]
backend='google'
[gnome/desktop/background]
picture-options='centered'
picture-uri='file:///Local/LIBRARY__Backgrounds/BG__Desktop_01__Blackish_3D_RoundelOnly_BasicClean_1440x900.png'
[gnome/desktop/datetime]
automatic-timezone=true
[gnome/desktop/interface]
color-scheme='prefer-dark'
cursor-theme='mate-black'
enable-animations=false
font-antialiasing='grayscale'
font-hinting='slight'
gtk-theme='Adwaita'
icon-theme='Humanity-Dark'
[gnome/desktop/privacy]
recent-files-max-age=0
remember-app-usage=false
remember-recent-files=false
[gnome/desktop/screensaver]
lock-enabled=false
[gnome/font-manager]
preview-text=" The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.\n\n ~!@#$%^&*()_+ `1234567890-=\n QWERTYUIOP{}| qwertyuiop[]\\\n ASDFGHJKL:\" asdfghjkl;'\n ZXCVBNM<>? zxcvbnm,./\n\n"
[gnome/font-manager/font-viewer]
preview-text=" The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.\n\n ~!@#$%^&*()_+ `1234567890-=\n QWERTYUIOP{}| qwertyuiop[]\\\n ASDFGHJKL:\" asdfghjkl;'\n ZXCVBNM<>? zxcvbnm,./\n\n"
[gnome/libgnomekbd/preview]
height=473
width=1104
x=180
y=112
[gnome/liferea]
browser='x-www-browser %s'
browser-id='default'
default-update-interval=0
folder-display-hide-read=true
folder-display-mode=1
last-hpane-pos=133
last-node-selected='xxeclqc'
last-vpane-pos=271
last-window-height=769
last-window-state=0
last-window-width=1277
last-window-x=80
last-window-y=43
last-wpane-pos=221
last-zoomlevel=100
maxitemcount=100
social-bm-site='blogmarks'
startup-feed-action=0
[gnome/liferea/plugins]
active-plugins=['trayicon', 'media-player', 'plugin-installer', 'gnome-keyring']
[gnome/nautilus/preferences]
default-folder-viewer='icon-view'
search-filter-time-type='last_modified'
search-view='list-view'
[gnome/nautilus/window-state]
initial-size=(1388, 450)
maximized=false
[gtk/Demo]
fullscreen=false
maximized=false
window-size=(832, 422)
[gtk/settings/color-chooser]
custom-colors=[(0.69333333333333336, 0.61604977777777781, 0.34204444444444448, 1.0), (0.70666056305790803, 0.64003967345693136, 0.46874189364461738, 1.0), (0.70666666666666667, 0.64005155555555548, 0.46875555555555554, 1.0), (1.0, 1.0, 0.8666666666666667, 1.0)]
selected-color=(true, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0)
[gtk/settings/debug]
enable-inspector-keybinding=true
inspector-warning=true
[gtk/settings/file-chooser]
date-format='regular'
location-mode='path-bar'
show-hidden=false
show-size-column=true
show-type-column=true
sidebar-width=161
sort-column='name'
sort-directories-first=false
sort-order='ascending'
type-format='category'
window-position=(64, 139)
window-size=(1310, 554)
[gtkhash/plugin]
hash-functions=['MD5', 'SHA1', 'SHA256', 'CRC32']
[mate/atril]
document-directory=@ms 'file:///DB001_F4/PROLOG__ECLiPSe'
[mate/caja/compact-view]
all-columns-have-same-width=true
[mate/caja/list-view]
default-column-order=['permissions', 'owner', 'group', 'date_modified', 'size', 'name', 'type', 'date_accessed', 'extension', 'where', 'mime_type', 'octal_permissions', 'selinux_context', 'size_on_disk', 'Xattr::Tags', 'date_created']
default-visible-columns=['permissions', 'owner', 'group', 'date_modified', 'size', 'name', 'type']
[mate/caja/preferences]
date-format='iso'
default-folder-viewer='list-view'
show-backup-files=true
show-hidden-files=true
thumbnail-limit=uint64 26214400
[mate/caja/window-state]
geometry='1343x460+47+202'
maximized=false
side-pane-view='places'
sidebar-width=278
start-with-sidebar=true
start-with-status-bar=true
start-with-toolbar=true
[mate/desktop/accessibility/keyboard]
bouncekeys-delay=300
slowkeys-delay=300
[mate/desktop/background]
color-shading-type='vertical-gradient'
picture-filename='/usr/share/backgrounds/ubuntu-mate-jammy/Jammy-Jellyfish_WP_4096x2304_Green.png'
picture-options='zoom'
primary-color='rgb(88,145,188)'
secondary-color='rgb(60,143,37)'
[mate/desktop/font-rendering]
antialiasing='rgba'
hinting='slight'
[mate/desktop/interface]
enable-animations=false
font-name='Ubuntu 13'
gtk-color-scheme='tooltip_fg_color:#ffffff\ntooltip_bg_color:#343434'
gtk-theme='Yaru-MATE-dark'
[mate/desktop/media-handling]
automount-open=true
[mate/desktop/peripherals/keyboard/indicator]
show-flags=true
[mate/desktop/peripherals/keyboard/kbd]
layouts=['us', 'ca', 'ca', 'ca']
[mate/desktop/session/required-components]
windowmanager='marco-glx'
[mate/engrampa/general]
unar-open-zip=false
[mate/engrampa/listing]
list-mode='as-folder'
name-column-width=250
show-path=false
sort-method='name'
sort-type='ascending'
[mate/engrampa/ui]
sidebar-width=200
window-height=480
window-width=600
[mate/eom/ui]
image-collection=false
sidebar=false
[mate/eom/view]
background-color='rgb(0,0,0)'
use-background-color=true
[mate/hud]
enabled=true
[mate/marco/general]
allow-tiling=false
audible-bell=false
compositing-manager=false
num-workspaces=4
reduced-resources=false
theme='Yaru-dark'
[mate/panel/menubar]
icon-name='start-here-symbolic-mate'
[mate/pluma]
active-plugins=['filebrowser', 'modelines', 'spell', 'docinfo', 'time']
color-scheme='Yaru-dark'
statusbar-visible=true
[mate/pluma/plugins/filebrowser/on-load]
root='file:///'
tree-view=true
virtual-root='file:///DB001_F2/Oasis/bin'
[mate/power-manager]
button-lid-ac='suspend'
button-power='interactive'
button-suspend='suspend'
sleep-display-ac=0
[mate/terminal/global]
default-profile='profile0'
profile-list=['default', 'profile0']
[mate/terminal/keybindings]
close-window='<Ctrl><Shift>q'
full-screen='F11'
help='F1'
[mate/terminal/profiles/default]
allow-bold=false
background-color='#FFFFFFFFDDDD'
bold-color='#000000000000'
foreground-color='#000000000000'
palette='#2E2E34343636:#CCCC00000000:#4E4E9A9A0606:#C4C4A0A00000:#34346565A4A4:#757550507B7B:#060698209A9A:#D3D3D7D7CFCF:#555557575353:#EFEF29292929:#8A8AE2E23434:#FCFCE9E94F4F:#72729F9FCFCF:#ADAD7F7FA8A8:#3434E2E2E2E2:#EEEEEEEEECEC'
visible-name='Default'
[mate/terminal/profiles/profile0]
allow-bold=false
background-color='#000000000000'
background-darknes=0.91576673866090708
background-darkness=0.88846880907372405
background-image=''
background-type='solid'
backspace-binding='ascii-del'
bold-color='#000000000000'
bold-color-same-as-fg=true
copy-selection=true
cursor-blink-mode='system'
cursor-shape='block'
custom-command=''
default-show-menubar=true
default-size-columns=120
default-size-rows=28
delete-binding='escape-sequence'
exit-action='close'
font='Liberation Mono 12'
foreground-color='#B17D9DB4578F'
login-shell=false
palette='#2E2E34343636:#CCCC00000000:#4E4E9A9A0606:#C4C4A0A00000:#34346565A4A4:#757550507B7B:#060698209A9A:#D3D3D7D7CFCF:#555557575353:#EFEF29292929:#8A8AE2E23434:#FCFCE9E94F4F:#72729F9FCFCF:#ADAD7F7FA8A8:#3434E2E2E2E2:#EEEEEEEEECEC'
scroll-background=true
scroll-on-keystroke=true
scroll-on-output=true
scrollback-lines=512
scrollback-unlimited=true
scrollbar-position='right'
silent-bell=true
title='*** ROOT PRIVILEGES ***'
title-mode='ignore'
use-custom-command=false
use-custom-default-size=true
use-skey=false
use-system-font=false
use-theme-colors=false
use-urls=false
visible-name='OasisRoot'
word-chars='-A-Za-z0-9,./?%&#:_=+@~'
I tried the first one, dconf dump /org/mate/panel/
output in https://termbin.com/3c06
maybe you can compare.
(as you see from the prompts, this is um24)
Obviously, your dconf is performing differently from mine.
Since it is a tool which messes around with the actual OS, I don't want to take a chance with compiling a later version of the dconf code, for fear of corrupting the OS.
I guess I will wait for my tryout of UM 26.04 LTS before persuing with "dabbling" in personal productivity tools that involve dconf.
Thank you, Pavlos.
Hi, @ericmarceau
You wrote:
That's really strange 
In a VM (Virtual Machine) that I have that is running "Ubuntu MATE 22.04.5 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)" (fully updated) the output of the command dconf dump /org/mate/panel is much more complete than yours:
ricmarques@ubumate2204:~$ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION_ID="22.04"
VERSION="22.04.5 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)"
VERSION_CODENAME=jammy
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
UBUNTU_CODENAME=jammy
ricmarques@ubumate2204:~$ apt list --installed | grep dconf-cli
WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.
dconf-cli/jammy-updates,now 0.40.0-3ubuntu0.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
ricmarques@ubumate2204:~$ dconf dump /org/mate/panel/
[general]
default-layout='redmond'
object-id-list=['briskmenu', 'showdesktopapplet', 'firefox', 'evolution', 'window-list', 'drivemountapplet', 'notification-area', 'indicatorappletcomplete']
toplevel-id-list=['bottom']
[objects/briskmenu]
applet-iid='BriskMenuFactory::BriskMenu'
locked=true
object-type='applet'
position=0
toplevel-id='bottom'
[objects/drivemountapplet]
applet-iid='DriveMountAppletFactory::DriveMountApplet'
locked=true
object-type='applet'
panel-right-stick=true
position=20
toplevel-id='bottom'
[objects/evolution]
launcher-location='/usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Evolution.desktop'
locked=true
menu-path='applications:/'
object-type='launcher'
position=30
toplevel-id='bottom'
[objects/firefox]
launcher-location='/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop'
locked=true
menu-path='applications:/'
object-type='launcher'
position=20
toplevel-id='bottom'
[objects/indicatorappletcomplete]
applet-iid='IndicatorAppletCompleteFactory::IndicatorAppletComplete'
locked=true
object-type='applet'
panel-right-stick=true
position=0
toplevel-id='bottom'
[objects/notification-area]
applet-iid='NotificationAreaAppletFactory::NotificationArea'
locked=true
object-type='applet'
panel-right-stick=true
position=10
toplevel-id='bottom'
[objects/showdesktopapplet]
applet-iid='WnckletFactory::ShowDesktopApplet'
locked=true
object-type='applet'
position=10
toplevel-id='bottom'
[objects/window-list]
applet-iid='WnckletFactory::WindowListApplet'
locked=true
object-type='applet'
position=40
toplevel-id='bottom'
[toplevels/bottom]
expand=true
orientation='bottom'
screen=0
size=28
y=638
y-bottom=0
Eric, do you have all these dconf ?
user@um24:~$ dpkg -l | grep dconf
ii dconf-cli 0.40.0-4ubuntu0.1 amd64 simple configuration storage system - utilities
ii dconf-editor 45.0.1-1build2 amd64 simple configuration storage system - graphical editor
ii dconf-gsettings-backend:amd64 0.40.0-4ubuntu0.1 amd64 simple configuration storage system - GSettings back-end
ii dconf-service 0.40.0-4ubuntu0.1 amd64 simple configuration storage system - D-Bus service
ii libdconf1:amd64 0.40.0-4ubuntu0.1 amd64 simple configuration storage system - runtime library
user@um24:~$
Silly question , but are you running dconf dump /org/ as root ?
This might explain the difference.
Yes. dconf was run from my permanently open root shell terminal session.
You do realize that these dconf "registries" are not global but per user do you ?
That means that for every user there is a seperate dconf "registry", even for root.
That means that the GUI dconf-editor will display the registry of a normal user (the one that is logged in) and your commandline will display the dconf registry of root.
That could be the cause of the differences that you encounter.
NO !!!!
I did not realize that dconf-editor and dconf were individualized and user-specific. Why did I think that it was always a global common setting?
The report generated by my userid is vastly different from that generated by root, as you advised me to expect.
Pavlos (@pavlos), my user output is 5 times the size of yours, so obviously we have different setups.
I guess I will shut this down as not being a bug in the old dconf.
===>>> User Error <<<===
Thank you, @ricmarques, @pavlos_kairis and @tkn for your time and consideration.
The dconf registry (per user) is located here: $HOME/.config/dconf/user
The dconf registry (root) is located here: /root/.config/dconf/user
The first reference covers both instances.
oh damn, you're right ! 
