Ubuntu Linux question! Details to follow.

How do I get the Visual Effect-o-Meter to stay where I put it?

Every time I restart the thing, the Visual Effects controls reset to None. It seems to work well enough on the Normal setting.
It’s not too hard to go in and reconfigure the settings, but it’s not working like it ought, and a body gets peeved at these things if they persist too long.

I’m running the latest distro on an old (I’m guessing early Aughts) Dell desktop. I’m pretty sure that the graphics are being processed by an integrated video card – this is one of those machines that get purchased by the hundreds by universities and large businesses. I haven’t had her open yet, but the last one of these was the same way.