Same problem here. Feisty upgraded to Gutsy, installed kubuntu-desktop
and xubuntu-desktop, and uninstalled both since starting to use Gutsy.
I noticed that clicking on the 'Close' button works, although nothing
happens except the window goes away, and the process terminates (iow:
the button doesn
For me, this problem started not with the upgrade to Gutsy, but sometime
within the last two weeks. For me, however, it's not that the
appearance dialog doesn't work, it's display just doesn't update to
reflect what you are doing to it.
For now, my workaround is to run:
gnome-appearance-p
