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gnome-settings-daemon package

unity top bar using incorrect color scheme and icon set intermittantly

Bug #771308 reported by Kate Stewart
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This bug affects 10 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Medium
Canonical Desktop Team
Natty
Confirmed
Low
Unassigned
Oneiric
Confirmed
Medium
Canonical Desktop Team

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-settings-daemon

occasionally the top bar colors and icons are incorrect. Killing and restarting gnome-settings-daemon seems to sort this out. See attached image.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: gnome-settings-daemon 2.32.1-0ubuntu13.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Apr 26 10:25:02 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-12 (14 days ago)

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Kate Stewart (kate.stewart) wrote :
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Kate Stewart (kate.stewart) wrote :
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks Kate, could you add your .xsession-errors after getting the issue? Is the theming issue restricted to the unity components or do you have it in applications as well?

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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Sebastian Klus (klus-spam) wrote :

Same thing happening on my laptop (also 64-bit). And yes, in applications, too.

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Sebastian Klus (klus-spam) wrote :

Attaching my .xsession-erros, if it is of any help

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Kate Stewart (kate.stewart) wrote :

Based on Sebastian seeing it, and adding his .xsession-errors (Thanks Sebastian!), am marking this as confirmed and associating it with specific releases.

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Natty):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Oneiric):
importance: Low → Medium
assignee: nobody → Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team)
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Jacek Misiurewicz (jmisiure) wrote :

I had noticed the problem also in Maverick (it could have started after switching to "maverick-proposed" upgrade set, but I'm not sure).
It happened occassionally that after login the colour/icon setup was incorrect (same set as in the screenshot above). I usually killed the Xserver and loged in again to get it straight.

Now I am at natty, so I can't repeat the maverick problem.

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kevinz (klzhao) wrote :

I also had similar white top bar as in the screenshot above. I then changed the system theme to "Ambiance" and it seems to fix the problem.

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Austin Dempewolff (adempewolff) wrote :

same problem. had it while testing the beta in virtualbox (I remember seeing someone posting a workaround for it then, but I can't remember it now).

I still encounter it on a clean install on my laptop. seems fairly random when it turns up, but effects the top bar and applications as described by the other posters. for me, choosing different themes in the Appearance dialogue didn't fix it, I just restart (or, I'm sure, anything that restarts the xserver would fix it).

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