Gnome forgets settings

After reinstalling Arch on my laptop with gnome, things have started to seem a little strange.
In some programs(including gnome-terminal) some settings are forgotten each time I reboot. Examples of this behaviour are:
-Rhythmbox. Each time I reboot and open the program anew, it starts up as a small window, having forgotten my size settings as well as my plugin settings.
-Gnome-terminal. Again with the size settings getting reset.
-Gnome-panel applets. Some applets I add won't stay on the panel through a reboot. Though some do(system monitor does not).
Any solutions out there?
UPDATE: I should mention that /home is its own partition, and that Arch has been reinstalled once to /. I have also tried resetting all gconf settings.
Last edited by vasp (2007-11-09 19:43:35)

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