Is the solution described in comment #143 and comment #147 really the correct one?
In short, that means dbus always stops on the event deconfiguring- networking, which is emitted when "/etc/init.d/networking stop" is called. In other words, whenever "/etc/init.d/networking stop" is called, dbus gets killed. That has a nasty effect: when dbus stops, gnome-settings-daemon crashes and that means the desktop theme is lost. Please see bug #868095 [1] and my comment #3 on that bug. VMware Tools does this all the time (calling networking stop) when suspending the machine. That means you are guaranteed to get a horrible looking (and not completely functional) desktop whenever you resume your VMware session. That also happens if I simply restart the networking service: /etc/init.d/networking stop /etc/init.d/networking start (Of course, because this chain reaction that leads to gnome- settings-daemon death starts on "networking stop") In conclusion, this seems to be a serious issue. I wonder if that is happening with more people besides myself and the other fella on bug #868095. [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings- daemon/+bug/868095 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to samba in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/211631 Title: Network is brought down before network filesystems are unmounted (CIFS timeout at shutdown) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/network-manager/+bug/211631/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs