Issue reproduced. Loging in and out fixes the problem temporarily but after reboot the issue is still there.
FIXED by installing Ubuntu 16.10 NOTE: Core i5 here. For pictures of issue look at my question on Ask Ubuntu -> http://askubuntu.com/questions/886795/unity-sometimes-blue- and-ugly/887498#887498 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/649809 Title: the session settings manager can try starting before the login screen one exits Status in gdm: Expired Status in gnome-settings-daemon: Invalid Status in One Hundred Papercuts: Invalid Status in Linux Mint: Invalid Status in gdm package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in gnome-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in unity-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in gdm source package in Natty: Invalid Status in gnome-settings-daemon source package in Natty: Invalid Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 source package in Natty: Invalid Bug description: On recent configurations it can happen that the session settings manager try starting before the login screen one exit leading to have no theme set in the session (nor other settings gnome-settings-daemon is applying to the user configuration) The .xsession-errors log contains that error on configuration hitting the issue: "** (gnome-settings-daemon:1941): WARNING **: You can only run one xsettings manager at a time; exiting" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gdm/+bug/649809/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

