This happens all the time! I tried to do like you said but it ended up with a X crash. After that my user account was totally broken so I had to remove .gconf directory.
I do not dare to open gnome-theme-manager anymore -- Gnome-theme-manager remain in processlist after closing using 100% CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/114647 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs