This is the same as https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=634988 that is, you have too fast machines :-D It is indeed a GDM bug, which should be killing the g-s-d process it runs before starting the user's g-s-d process
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #634988 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=634988 -- 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/649809 Title: Meerkat (10.10) does not apply theme properly -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs