Gnome layout switcher resets at every boot

[quegzacov]

Hello,
I’m new on manjaro but I have a problem. On each startup, the settings of the gnome layout switcher are reset. It’s particularly annoying for the firefox theme.
Thanks for answers

Here is the output of the following command: inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width

  Kernel: 5.13.13-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.13-x86_64 
  root=UUID=03d5dda7-dbbf-4c2c-857e-1ab76f9fe85b rw quiet splash apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor resume=UUID=9409ec23-83f8-47f4-9fe9-9ece5498c2de 
  udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: GNOME 40.4 tk: GTK 3.24.30 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 40.1 
  Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude E6410 v: 0001 serial: <filter> 
  Chassis: type: 9 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Dell model: 0667CC v: A00 serial: <filter> BIOS: Dell v: A04 
  date: 07/08/2010 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: N/A condition: N/A volts: 6.7 min: 11.1 
  model: SMP DELL TX28306 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Unknown 
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M560 
  serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes 
  status: Discharging 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 3.7 GiB used: 2.19 GiB (59.2%) 
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5 M 520 bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Nehalem family: 6 model-id: 25 (37) stepping: 2 microcode: 11 cache: 
  L2: 3 MiB bogomips: 19162 
  Speed: 1463 MHz min/max: 1199/2400 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 1463 2: 1340 3: 1463 4: 1394 
  Flags: acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon bts clflush cmov 
  constant_tsc cpuid cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts ept est flexpriority 
  flush_l1d fpu fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida lahf_lm lm mca mce mmx monitor msr mtrr 
  nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pclmulqdq pdcm pebs pge pni popcnt pse pse36 
  pti rdtscp rep_good sep smx ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall 
  tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc vme vmx vnmi vpid xtopology xtpr 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
  Type: l1tf 
  mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
  Type: mds 
  status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT vulnerable 
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, 
  IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics 
  vendor: Dell Latitude E6410 driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 
  chip-ID: 8086:0046 class-ID: 0300 
  Display: wayland server: X.org 1.20.13 compositor: gnome-shell driver: 
  loaded: i915 note: n/a (using device driver) - try sudo/root display-ID: 0 
  resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo> 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics (ILK) v: 2.1 Mesa 21.2.1 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio 
  vendor: Dell Latitude E6410 driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 
  chip-ID: 8086:3b56 class-ID: 0403 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.13.13-1-MANJARO running: yes 
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no 
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes 
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.34 running: no 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Network vendor: Dell Latitude E6410 
  driver: e1000e v: kernel port: 7040 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:10ea 
  class-ID: 0200 
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Broadcom BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n 
  vendor: Dell Wireless 1520 Half-size Mini PCIe Card driver: wl v: kernel 
  modules: bcma port: 7000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4353 class-ID: 0280 
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  broadcast: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link 
  Device-3: Dell F3607gw v2 Mobile Broadband Module type: USB 
  driver: cdc_acm,cdc_ether,cdc_wdm bus-ID: 2-1.6:5 chip-ID: 413c:8184 
  class-ID: 0202 serial: <filter> 
  IF: wwp0s29u1u6i6 state: down mac: <filter> 
  WAN IP: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found. 
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found. 
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found. 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 232.89 GiB used: 26.63 GiB (11.4%) 
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends 
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST9250410AS 
  size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s 
  type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: SDM1 scheme: MBR 
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: PLDS model: DVD+-RW DU-8A3S rev: KD02 
  dev-links: cdrom 
  Features: speed: 8 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes 
  rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 224.74 GiB size: 220.16 GiB (97.96%) 
  used: 26.63 GiB (12.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A 
  uuid: 03d5dda7-dbbf-4c2c-857e-1ab76f9fe85b 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.14 GiB used: 420 KiB (0.0%) 
  priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: swap 
  uuid: 9409ec23-83f8-47f4-9fe9-9ece5498c2de 
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found. 
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0020 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0020 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-5: 2-1.1:3 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s 
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-6: 2-1.1.1:6 info: Apple Hub in Aluminum Keyboard ports: 3 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s power: 300mA chip-ID: 05ac:1006 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 2-1.1.1.2:8 info: Apple Aluminum Keyboard (ISO) type: Keyboard,HID 
  driver: apple,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 20mA 
  chip-ID: 05ac:0221 class-ID: 0300 
  Device-2: 2-1.2:4 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse,HID 
  driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  power: 98mA chip-ID: 046d:c52b class-ID: 0300 
  Device-3: 2-1.6:5 info: Dell F3607gw v2 Mobile Broadband Module 
  type: Communication,Abstract (modem),CDC-Data,Mobile Direct Line 
  driver: cdc_acm,cdc_ether,cdc_wdm interfaces: 11 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s 
  power: 20mA chip-ID: 413c:8184 class-ID: 0202 serial: <filter> 
  Device-4: 2-1.8:7 info: Broadcom BCM5880 Secure Applications Processor 
  type: Smart Card driver: N/A interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 0a5c:5800 class-ID: 0b00 serial: <filter> 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 34.0 C mobo: N/A sodimm: SODIMM C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 
Info:
  Processes: 320 Uptime: 1d 34m wakeups: 13 Init: systemd v: 248 
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: N/A Packages: 1321 pacman: 1312 lib: 340 
  flatpak: 0 snap: 9 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.06```

I have had this problem since installing the system for about 2 weeks. I specify  that my laptop is a very old one (about 10-13 years)

Thanks Fabby for your help.

[Fabby]

Welcome to Manjaro!

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[Fabby]

@quegzacov

Kernel: 5.13.13-1-MANJARO

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Then install an LTS kernel and try again.

If that didn’t solve the problem, does this also happen in a newly created user? (E.G. quegzacov2)

[Vicky_Nike]

A workaround will be to remove layout switcher from startup applications. That worked for me.

[quegzacov]

I finally installed the latest LTS kernel (5.10) and I removed the gnome-layout-manager from the startup application and it’s work. Thanks for all