Same problem here. And I'm using a SATA HDD and a slow processor. I think that is a problem related to the hard drive disc (because the boot is slow, and this happens). But I've already checked the filesystem and it's clean. I don't know what to do.
The relevant part of lshw (the complete log is attached): *-cpu description: CPU product: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz vendor: Intel Corp. physical id: 4 bus info: c...@0 version: 6.12.2 serial: 0001-06C2-0000-0000-0000-0000 slot: PBGA 437 size: 1600MHz capacity: 1600MHz width: 32 bits clock: 133MHz capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx c onstant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 s sse3 xtpr pdcm movbe lahf_lm cpufreq configuration: id=0 *-storage description: SATA controller product: 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.2 bus info: p...@0000:00:1f.2 logical name: scsi0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list emulated configuration: driver=ahci latency=0 resources: irq:43 ioport:d080(size=8) ioport:d000(size=4) ioport:cc00(size=8) ioport:c880(size=4) ioport:c800(size=16) memory:f7db7800-f7db7bff ** Attachment added: "lshw.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/574296/+attachment/1772391/+files/lshw.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574296 Title: Gnome theme not applied on session start -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs