I think the problem is two instances of 'gnome-settings-daemon' being run. Normally, they had to be run one after another.
The following fixed the problem for me: Step 1: Create a script (I called it gnome-settings-daemon-fix.sh) under /etc/xdg/autostart with the following: #!/bin/bash # gnome-settings-daemon-fix.sh pid='pgrep gnome-settings-' wait pid exit 0 Step 2: Edit 'gnome-settings-daemon.desktop' under 'Exec=' entry and replace it with: Exec=bash -c 'bash /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-settings-daemon-fix.sh ;/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon' 6 restarts show this works. But can somebody report if this worked for you? My system is Dell XPS 14 with I7 processor and Ubuntu installed with Wubi. The problem seemed to occur after installing NVIDIA drivers but as I installed these drivers immediately after I installed Ubuntu, I cannot confirm. -- 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
