Is a common factor here that Ubuntu is running on a SSD drive?
If so, it's most likely the same issue reported in bug #625670 and bug #649809 as well.
Affecting reasonably fast setups like Core i7 and an SSD boot drive. With the scenario that gnome-settings-daemon is running fine after startup but the theme setting are not applied.
Is a common factor here that Ubuntu is running on a SSD drive?
If so, it's most likely the same issue reported in bug #625670 and bug #649809 as well. daemon is running fine after startup but the theme setting are not applied.
Affecting reasonably fast setups like Core i7 and an SSD boot drive. With the scenario that gnome-settings-