*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 649809 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/649809
Same happened to me. Description: After a different user (with a different appearance settings) hase logged in (and after it logged out), with my user the theme was with ugly icons and menu backgrounds and unity panel. Workaround: killall gnome-settings-demon gnome-settings-demon & # after these two command the panel and the menu background was OK killall nautilus # after the automatic restart of nautilus the icon theme was OK -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588155 Title: randomly gnome-settings-daemon fails to start To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/588155/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs