I had this same issue on my i7 box (no SSD though) in both Ubuntu 10.10 and Linux Mint 10. I was able to fix the issue by following the solution posted here <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings- daemon/+bug/649809> post #68 which adds a short delay to the daemon loading on startup.
Basically it involves editing /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-settings- daemon.desktop and changing line 4 to: Exec= bash -c "sleep 2; /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings- daemon" Hope this helps. -- 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
