Settings schema 'org.gnome.shell.overrides' is not installed
I recently upgraded to Fedora 38 and Gnome 44, and one of my installed applications give this error message here:
| Settings schema 'org.gnome.shell.overrides' is not installed
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And sure enough, that schema does not exist:
| [akaris@linux schema]$ gsettings list-schemas | grep org.gnome.shell.overrides
[akaris@linux schema]$
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I ran into this with a 3rd party application today, and it seems like I am not the only one:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-tiling-assistant/+bug/2008139
I can't fix the 3rd party application that I'm using, but I found a workaround for my case. I'm pretty sure that this workaround isn't complete for all cases, but it did the job for me.
Root cause analysis
The root cause lies in this commit here:
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68 | $ git show a9e7dfe8fa8717b95f4f451450aa2ac8beab87bc
commit a9e7dfe8fa8717b95f4f451450aa2ac8beab87bc
Author: Florian Müllner <fmuellner@gnome.org>
Date: Wed Oct 19 15:13:32 2022 +0200
data: Remove unused overrides schema
The old custom overrides mechanism was superseded by
session-specific defaults back in 2018. By now any
potential consumers (like gnome-tweaks) should have
adjusted, so time to remove it.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2517>
diff --git a/data/org.gnome.shell.gschema.xml.in b/data/org.gnome.shell.gschema.xml.in
index 86ad1b24b..f70d4ea4c 100644
--- a/data/org.gnome.shell.gschema.xml.in
+++ b/data/org.gnome.shell.gschema.xml.in
@@ -316,49 +316,4 @@
<default>[]</default>
</key>
</schema>
-
- <!-- unused, change 00_org.gnome.shell.gschema.override instead -->
- <schema id="org.gnome.shell.overrides" path="/org/gnome/shell/overrides/"
- gettext-domain="@GETTEXT_PACKAGE@">
- <key name="attach-modal-dialogs" type="b">
- <default>true</default>
- <summary>Attach modal dialog to the parent window</summary>
- <description>
- This key overrides the key in org.gnome.mutter when running
- GNOME Shell.
- </description>
- </key>
-
- <key name="edge-tiling" type="b">
- <default>true</default>
- <summary>Enable edge tiling when dropping windows on screen edges</summary>
- <description>
- This key overrides the key in org.gnome.mutter when running GNOME Shell.
- </description>
- </key>
-
- <key name="dynamic-workspaces" type="b">
- <default>true</default>
- <summary>Workspaces are managed dynamically</summary>
- <description>
- This key overrides the key in org.gnome.mutter when running GNOME Shell.
- </description>
- </key>
-
- <key name="workspaces-only-on-primary" type="b">
- <default>true</default>
- <summary>Workspaces only on primary monitor</summary>
- <description>
- This key overrides the key in org.gnome.mutter when running GNOME Shell.
- </description>
- </key>
-
- <key name="focus-change-on-pointer-rest" type="b">
- <default>true</default>
- <summary>Delay focus changes in mouse mode until the pointer stops moving</summary>
- <description>
- This key overrides the key in org.gnome.mutter when running GNOME Shell.
- </description>
- </key>
- </schema>
</schemalist>
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Now, I do have a feeling that this commit might be related to this too, but I don't need it for my workaround:
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15 | $ git show a9e6e44ef898671229388938cc3ed511fa394dfc
commit a9e6e44ef898671229388938cc3ed511fa394dfc
Author: Philip Withnall <pwithnall@endlessos.org>
Date: Mon Jan 23 16:38:36 2023 +0000
tools: Drop gnome-shell-overrides-migration.sh
The tool was added in 2018 to migrate to per-desktop overrides from the
old overrides system.
5 years later, everyone who’s going to migrate probably has migrated, so
we can delete the script and remove a process running on every login.
Signed-off-by: Philip Withnall <pwithnall@endlessos.org>
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2611>
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Workaround
Let's create the missing org.gnome.shell.overrides:
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50 | cat <<'EOF' > org.gnome.shell.overrides.gschema.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<schemalist>
<!-- unused, change 00_org.gnome.shell.gschema.override instead -->
<schema id="org.gnome.shell.overrides" path="/org/gnome/shell/overrides/"
gettext-domain="@GETTEXT_PACKAGE@">
<key name="attach-modal-dialogs" type="b">
<default>true</default>
<summary>Attach modal dialog to the parent window</summary>
<description>
This key overrides the key in org.gnome.mutter when running
GNOME Shell.
</description>
</key>
<key name="edge-tiling" type="b">
<default>true</default>
<summary>Enable edge tiling when dropping windows on screen edges</summary>
<description>
This key overrides the key in org.gnome.mutter when running GNOME Shell.
</description>
</key>
<key name="dynamic-workspaces" type="b">
<default>true</default>
<summary>Workspaces are managed dynamically</summary>
<description>
This key overrides the key in org.gnome.mutter when running GNOME Shell.
</description>
</key>
<key name="workspaces-only-on-primary" type="b">
<default>true</default>
<summary>Workspaces only on primary monitor</summary>
<description>
This key overrides the key in org.gnome.mutter when running GNOME Shell.
</description>
</key>
<key name="focus-change-on-pointer-rest" type="b">
<default>true</default>
<summary>Delay focus changes in mouse mode until the pointer stops moving</summary>
<description>
This key overrides the key in org.gnome.mutter when running GNOME Shell.
</description>
</key>
</schema>
</schemalist>
EOF
sudo cp org.gnome.shell.overrides.gschema.xml /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/
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Now, recompile the schemas:
| cd /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/
sudo glib-compile-schemas .
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And verify:
| [akaris@linux schema]$ gsettings list-schemas | grep org.gnome.shell.overrides
org.gnome.shell.overrides
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That's it, this fixed my crashing 3rd party app for me.