I get exactly the same result.
Some background discussion at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=952452
** Changed in: gconf (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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gconftool-2 in Intrepid not working from cron
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285937
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Additional info:
The dialog in question is gnome-appearance-properties. when run from the
terminal the output is as attached (stdout). I would imagine that the
interesting part is:
There is no available graphics driver for your system which supports the
composite extension, or the current one a