Oh, oops. Forgot to run sudo ifup lo. Once that's done, my session is back to normal. Possibly gnome-settings-daemon seems to use it for communication; thus, a possible solution is to let NetworkManager manage lo.
Just my $0.02 -- Gnome settings manager error to start desktop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/84876 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs