EDIT to comment #23:
Please excuse my newbieness with Linux systems but the shell script that
I was intending had to be (and also if someone didn't know its
executable bit must also be enabled by using chmod):
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#!/bin/bash
# gsettingsdaemonfix.sh
pid=$(pgrep gnome-settings-)
# if [ -n "$pid" ]
# then
# ps $pid &> /home/sanjeev/Desktop/gnomesettingsdebug1.txt
# else
# echo "No previous instance of gnome-settings-daemon running!" &>
/home/sanjeev/Desktop/gnomesettingsdaemondebug.txt
# fi
while [ -n "$pid" ];
do
pid=$(pgrep gnome-settings-)
sleep 0
done
exit 0
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Turns out 'wait' only works for child processes. I wonder why.
Enabling the 'if' comments will output some useful information about
previously running instance (be sure to change the path as according to
your system). I also changed the name of the script from 'gnome-
settings-daemon-fix.sh' to 'gnomesettingsdaemonfix.sh' as pgrep couldn't
distinguish between process name of the running script and process name
of the daemon as it compares only 15 characters of process names (Again,
I cannot explain this). Hence, the edited 'gnome-settings-
daemon.desktop' should be:
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[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=GNOME Settings Daemon
Exec=bash -c 'bash /etc/xdg/autostart/gnomesettingsdaemonfix.sh
;/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon'
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;
NoDisplay=false
X-GNOME-Autostart-Phase=Initialization
X-GNOME-Autostart-Notify=true
X-GNOME-AutoRestart=true
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=gnome-settings-daemon
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I captured the following about the previously running instance of settings
daemon:
PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
1514 ? Ds 0:00 [gnome-settings-]
Collision between this instance and the instance run by '.desktop' file
may be the cause of the theme problem in my system. This solution seems
to be working for me.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574296
Title:
Gnome theme not applied on session start
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