*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 500417 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/500417
I am seeing this too. New, completely fresh install to a new machine. Ubuntu 10.10/Maverick amd64 on Intel Core i7 with nVidia Quadro FX 2800M. All looks fine until I install the nVidia drivers. If I use the 173 version or the "version current" this still happens. I also tried the latest driver from nVidia site: 260.1921 and it still happens. After using any of the three nVidia drivers and restarting, when I log into my account, the top panel (where Applications, Places, etc is) and all the icons in it (network connection, volume, etc) are from an old looking theme. When I launch an application, the buttons and controls in it also look very old. When I select System, Preferences, Appearance and select a different theme, such as Ambiance, it sort of works on open windows, but doesn't do anything to the top panel and top panel icons, and when I close it and re-open it, the theme I selected is no longer selected. It won't "stick". Logging out and back in or fully rebooting reverts everything back to the very old theme. I tried running "sudo gnome-appearance-properties" in a terminal window, and when I make my selections from there, the top panel and icons change. I thought that I was all set with this workaround until I rebooted and ended up back with the very old theme. I read through bug #500417 and I don't think that this is a duplicate of that one. It seems to me that something which occurs as a result of the installation of the nVidia drivers (regardless of the version of those drivers) is breaking theme selection/saving. Is this perhaps only a 64-bit issue? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/658379 Title: Maverick AMD64 Theme settings not recalled -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs