That might be a crash in the g-s-d could somebody please enable apport and report a bug if you're able to reproduce it again? Also please attach your ~/.xsession-errors file to the report, thanks a lot.
** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- 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/521766 Title: Theme not applied on startup -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs