[ubuntu-uk] Error on logging in

[Gary]

have a problem where Ubuntu 6.10 with beryl 1.3 takes ages to display
the desktop after a successful login.

It sits there, with a light grey box taking up 1/4 of the screen (top
left side) and only the cursor, then after a few minutes the login
splash appears, the login sound plays and the desktop is displayed, but
looking different, and this error message is displayed

http://ubuntuforums.org/gallery/data/549/error.jpg

My icons etc are all different, but if I Close that error and goto
System>Preferences>Themes they appear (without me selecting anything)

all else seems okay, and I can switch between beryl and metacity no
problem.

Any idea?

Gary

(also posted here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=319097 but no
fix yet)