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[Paul H <658379@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 500417 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/500417

I am seeing this too. New, completely fresh install to a new machine.
Ubuntu 10.10/Maverick amd64 on Intel Core i7 with nVidia Quadro FX
2800M. All looks fine until I install the nVidia drivers. If I use the
173 version or the "version current" this still happens. I also tried
the latest driver from nVidia site: 260.1921 and it still happens.

After using any of the three nVidia drivers and restarting, when I log
into my account, the top panel (where Applications, Places, etc is) and
all the icons in it (network connection, volume, etc) are from an old
looking theme. When I launch an application, the buttons and controls in
it also look very old. When I select System, Preferences, Appearance and
select a different theme, such as Ambiance, it sort of works on open
windows, but doesn't do anything to the top panel and top panel icons,
and when I close it and re-open it, the theme I selected is no longer
selected. It won't "stick". Logging out and back in or fully rebooting
reverts everything back to the very old theme.

I tried running "sudo gnome-appearance-properties" in a terminal window,
and when I make my selections from there, the top panel and icons
change. I thought that I was all set with this workaround until I
rebooted and ended up back with the very old theme.

I read through bug #500417 and I don't think that this is a duplicate of
that one.

It seems to me that something which occurs as a result of the
installation of the nVidia drivers (regardless of the version of those
drivers) is breaking theme selection/saving. Is this perhaps only a
64-bit issue?

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/658379

Title:
  Maverick AMD64 Theme settings not recalled