I can see this problem too but on regular systems running Maverick as well as Natty. gnome-settings-daemon still running on both systems.
I would suggest to change the title and remove the VirtualBox stuff. Anything else I can provide? apport-collect? -- 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/728803 Title: Ubuntu theme switches from partially broken to gnome default on VirtualBox guest -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs