Followup-For: Bug #638817 Package: gnome-settings-daemon Version: 2.30.2-4 I am also experiencing this bug.
I do not fully understand what the issue is, but I think that it is an issue with libnotify rather than gnome-settings-daemon. Running gnome-settings-daemon as root appears to be a workaround, and allows the gtk2 themes to be loaded. I have also cc'd the libnotify maintainers. -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_IE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_IE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon depends on: ii gconf2 2.32.4-1 GNOME configuration database syste ii libc6 2.13-16 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libcairo2 1.10.2-6.1 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ii libdbus-1-3 1.4.14-1 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.94-4 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libfontconfig1 2.8.0-3 generic font configuration library ii libgconf2-4 2.32.4-1 GNOME configuration database syste ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.23.5-3 GDK Pixbuf library ii libglib2.0-0 2.28.6-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libgnome-desktop-2-17 2.30.2-2 Utility library for loading .deskt ii libgnome2-common 2.32.1-1 The GNOME library - common files ii libgnomekbd4 2.30.2-2 GNOME library to manage keyboard c ii libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10 0.10.35-1 GStreamer libraries from the "base ii libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.35-1 Core GStreamer libraries and eleme ii libgtk2.0-0 2.24.4-3 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libnotify4 0.7.3-2 sends desktop notifications to a n ii libx11-6 2:1.4.4-1 X11 client-side library ii libxi6 2:1.4.3-3 X11 Input extension library ii libxklavier16 5.1-2 X Keyboard Extension high-level AP gnome-settings-daemon recommends no packages. Versions of packages gnome-settings-daemon suggests: ii gnome-screensaver 2.30.0-3 GNOME screen saver and locker ii metacity [x-window-manager] 1:2.30.1-3 lightweight GTK+ window manager ii twm [x-window-manager] 1:1.0.6-1 Tab window manager ii x11-xserver-utils 7.6+3 X server utilities ii xfwm4 [x-window-manager] 4.8.1-3 window manager of the Xfce project -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org