Theme changes

[Alan Pope]

On 15/11/11 15:38, CJ Tres wrote:
> I'm at a loss to say what program I have installed that may have started
> this behavior but for some reason, on occasion, the look of my desktop
> changes of it's own accord when I click on the panel.
>
> First I'm seeing this:
>
> [IMG]http://i43.tinypic.com/2chktw1.png[/IMG]
>
> which after an innocent click, suddenly becomes this:
>
> [IMG]http://i41.tinypic.com/snfmfd.png[/IMG]
>
> Clicking on System>Preferences>Appearance changes it back without making
> a choice, in fact even before the window opens to make a choice.
>
> What could be going on?
>

That's almost certainly gnome-settings-daemon crashing for some reason.

When/if that happens you can restart it manually from a terminal or 
ALT+F2. Going to the appearance dialog will probably restart it too, 
hence it 'fixing' without you doing anything in that dialog.

Cheers,
Al.