Is a common factor here that Ubuntu is running on a SSD drive? If so, it's most likely the same issue reported in bug #625670 and bug #649809 as well. Affecting reasonably fast setups like Core i7 and an SSD boot drive. With the scenario that gnome-settings-daemon is running fine after startup but the theme setting are not applied.
-- Gnome theme not applied on session start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574296 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
