=== modified file 'src/unity-greeter.vala'
--- src/unity-greeter.vala	2014-12-02 23:44:53 +0000
+++ src/unity-greeter.vala	2015-01-07 07:31:12 +0000
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
     private Cairo.XlibSurface background_surface;
 
-    private SettingsDaemon settings_daemon;
+    private static SettingsDaemon settings_daemon;
 
     public bool orca_needs_kick;
     private MainWindow main_window;
@@ -74,12 +74,6 @@
         if (!connected && !test_mode)
             Posix.exit (Posix.EXIT_FAILURE);
 
-        if (!test_mode)
-        {
-            settings_daemon = new SettingsDaemon ();
-            settings_daemon.start ();
-        }
-
         var state_dir = Path.build_filename (Environment.get_user_cache_dir (), "unity-greeter");
         DirUtils.create_with_parents (state_dir, 0775);
         
@@ -487,7 +481,6 @@
             warning ("Error starting the at-spi registry: %s", e.message);
         }
 
-        Gtk.init (ref args);
         Ido.init ();
 
         log_timer = new Timer ();
@@ -495,10 +488,6 @@
 
         debug ("Starting unity-greeter %s UID=%d LANG=%s", Config.VERSION, (int) Posix.getuid (), Environment.get_variable ("LANG"));
 
-        /* Set the cursor to not be the crap default */
-        debug ("Setting cursor");
-        Gdk.get_default_root_window ().set_cursor (new Gdk.Cursor (Gdk.CursorType.LEFT_PTR));
-
         bool do_show_version = false;
         bool do_test_mode = false;
         OptionEntry versionOption = { "version", 'v', 0, OptionArg.NONE, ref do_show_version,
@@ -535,7 +524,39 @@
         }
 
         if (do_test_mode)
+        {
             debug ("Running in test mode");
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            settings_daemon = new SettingsDaemon ();
+            settings_daemon.start ();
+
+            var builder = new StringBuilder ();
+            builder.append ("xwininfo -root -tree");
+            builder.append ("| awk '{print $1}'"); 
+            builder.append ("| grep ^0x");
+            builder.append ("| while read id; do xprop -id $id; done");
+            builder.append ("| grep _XSETTINGS_SETTINGS > /dev/null");
+
+            while (Posix.system(builder.str) != 0)
+            {
+                var loop = new MainLoop ();
+                var time = new TimeoutSource (1000);
+                time.set_callback (() => {
+                    loop.quit ();
+                    return false;
+                });
+                time.attach (loop.get_context ());
+                loop.run ();
+            }
+        }
+
+        Gtk.init (ref args);
+
+        /* Set the cursor to not be the crap default */
+        debug ("Setting cursor");
+        Gdk.get_default_root_window ().set_cursor (new Gdk.Cursor (Gdk.CursorType.LEFT_PTR));
 
         /* Set GTK+ settings */
         debug ("Setting GTK+ settings");