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Update 2: Installing gnome-settings-daemon had the unfortunate side
effect of this message being written to ~/.xsession-errors every few
seconds, endlessly:

** (gnome-settings-daemon:2013): WARNING **: Connection failed,
reconnecting...

I have therefore removed gnome-settings-daemon from my xubuntu systems.
I guess I'll have to wait for lightdm before I can have a good-looking
login screen again.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/803734

Title:
  gdm ignores xubuntu-gdm-theme gconf settings

Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “xubuntu-artwork” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I'm on a new installation of xubuntu Natty.  When I first rebooted
  after installing, the xubuntu-gdm-theme showed up correctly on the
  login screen.  Since then, gdm has started ignoring those theme
  settings, leaving the login screen with a black background and what
  looks like default colors & icons on the panel bar.

  I tried purging and reinstalling the following packages:

  gdm
  xubuntu-gdm-theme
  xubuntu-artwork
  xubuntu-default-settings
  xubuntu-desktop

  ...but that didn't help.

  I have verified that the xubuntu-gdm-theme settings are present in
  gdm's gconf database...

  $ for i in /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename /desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme /desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme /desktop/gnome/interface/buttons_have_icons /desktop/gnome/interface/menus_have_icons ; do sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 --get $i; done
  /usr/share/xfce4/backdrops/xubuntu-greybird.png
  elementaryXubuntu
  greybird
  true
  true

  ...yet they seem to be ignored.

  For comparison, I'm attaching screen shots of my (broken) gdm screen
  and a correct one from a virtual machine. (Try to ignore the fact that
  they're different screen resolutions.)

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