Comment 2 for bug 481521

Here is the auth.log I have the impression this might be indicative for the problem.
ov 12 18:26:59 ubuntu gdm-session-worker[1709]: pam_ck_connector(gdm:session): nox11 mode, ignoring PAM_TTY :0
Nov 12 18:27:04 ubuntu seahorse-daemon[1900]: init gpgme version 1.1.8
Nov 12 18:31:13 ubuntu sudo: root : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/ ; USER=charles ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/gconftool --get /system/http_proxy/use_http_proxy
Nov 12 18:31:13 ubuntu sudo: root : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/ ; USER=charles ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/gconftool --get /system/http_proxy/host
Nov 12 18:31:14 ubuntu sudo: root : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/ ; USER=charles ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/gconftool --get /system/http_proxy/port
Nov 12 19:17:01 ubuntu CRON[2371]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Nov 12 19:17:02 ubuntu CRON[2371]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Nov 12 20:17:01 ubuntu CRON[2404]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Nov 12 20:17:01 ubuntu CRON[2404]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Nov 12 20:26:43 ubuntu seahorse-agent[1876]: GConf error:#012 Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system crash. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Could not send message to GConf daemon: Connection is closed)
Nov 12 20:26:43 ubuntu seahorse-agent[1876]: GConf error:#012 Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system crash. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Could not send message to GConf daemon: Connection is closed)
Nov 12 20:28:41 ubuntu gdm-session-worker[2494]: pam_unix(gdm:session): session opened for user charles by (uid=0)
Nov 12 20:28:41 ubuntu gdm-session-worker[2494]: pam_ck_connector(gdm:session): nox11 mode, ignoring PAM_TTY :0
Nov 12 20:28:47 ubuntu seahorse-daemon[2635]: init gpgme version 1.1.8
Nov 12 20:31:31 ubuntu sudo: charles : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/home/charles ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/sbin/synaptic --hide-main-window --non-interactive --parent-window-id 127926312 --update-at-startup

Charles