Ubuntu – indicator-multiload messed up after upgrade to Ubuntu 16.04

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I recently upgraded from Xubuntu 14.04 to Xubuntu 16.04, and the system load indicator (indicator-multiload) isn't displaying correctly. It looks like this:

This is how I want it to look, with a graph for each monitor (CPU, memory, network, etc) and without the label:

I clicked on it → Preferences and tried resetting the settings to the default (Advanced → Revert, Menu items → Revert, etc), but that doesn't seem to change anything.

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Edit: I haven't personally seen this bug in Ubuntu 18.04 so it may only apply to older versions of Ubuntu.

This appears to be due to a bug: indicator-multiload display keeps resetting on its own. If you're having the same issue, please go to that link, log in, and click Does this bug affect you? near the top left so it gets more visibility.

The workaround is simple enough, although unfortunately it's only temporary; for whatever reason the value keeps getting changed on its own:

dconf reset /de/mh21/indicator-multiload/general/indicator-expression-index

If that doesn't do the trick, you can also reset all of the indicator-multiload settings to default:

dconf reset -f /de/mh21/indicator-multiload/

If you do that, you'll have to redo your customizations by clicking on the indicator → Preferences

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