Panel and Icon Display Problems

[swhit]

I've upgraded from 10.10 to 11.04, and now I'm experiencing some problems with the displaying of panels and icons that I'm hoping someone can help me to fix.

Situation:
Running 11.04 in latest virtualbox (4.06, with guest additions installed) on a macbook pro running snow leopard (10.6.7). I'm in gnome classic (no effects) because I'm not yet used to gnome 3 and compiz doesn't run all that well for me in this virtualization set-up. But the problem, described below, is consistent from gnome 3 to classic (with effects) to classic (without effects).

Problem:
When I first log in after a reboot, everything looks great in the default settings (ambiance theme, I think), but after ~ 15 seconds, the panels and icons revert to an odd looking theme that I don't particularly care for. And trying to change the settings in the "Appearance" preferences is of no help, i.e., I can change the themes, but the panels and icons remain in a stock, old-school gnome-ish theme.

I've attached screenshots to help describe my situation. Is there an easy fix? Can anyone help? I'm thinking of trying a fresh install of 11.04 rather than staying in the upgrade as a possible fix, but it would be nice if I didn't have to do this.

Thanks in advance!

[sperlyjinx]

I'm having the exact same issue running 11.04 as a VMware Server guest. I found a youtube video of the isssue here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1HWwHhZeTE

Any help would be appreciated.

[sperlyjinx]

FYI, I've filed a bug report here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...el/+bug/773472

[swhit]

Yes, that's the bug. Thanks for linking to the video.

I'm having the exact same issue running 11.04 as a VMware Server guest. I found a youtube video of the isssue here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1HWwHhZeTE

Any help would be appreciated.

[Sam G]

I posted my issue under another user's thread that was somewhat similar, but the post was more so thanking him for the temp fix terminal command.

My post

Code to fix the theme for the current session:

sudo gnome-settings-daemon

[swhit]

Thank you - that fix was good for the panels. The icons, however, do not change to the correct theme.

I posted my issue under another user's thread that was somewhat similar, but the post was more so thanking him for the temp fix terminal command.

My post

Code to fix the theme for the current session:

sudo gnome-settings-daemon

[Krytarik]

It seems to be same issue as this:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1575703

Recent threads with summed-up workarounds:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1722179
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1724702

Greetings.

[swhit]

FYI, today's updates to 11.04 killed the fix used from post #7. Anyone with a suggestion for a new fix? Sorry I can't figure this out myself.

It seems to be same issue as this:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1575703

Recent threads with summed-up workarounds:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1722179
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1724702

Greetings.

[micwallo]

I posted my issue under another user's thread that was somewhat similar, but the post was more so thanking him for the temp fix terminal command.

My post

Code to fix the theme for the current session:

sudo gnome-settings-daemon

Extremely thx for the solution. I have searched about it for half day.

Also thanks swhit's screenshot. I could not find a properly keyword to describe this problem while search on Google.

Just hope this problem can be fixed as soon as possible

[asv]

Code to fix the theme for the current session:

sudo gnome-settings-daemon

Thanks for the fix. The issues with VMware have been highly annoying. You would think Ubuntu would get it straightened out before releasing 11.04.