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[David Cameron <649809@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am seeing a similar problem with a new install of Ubuntu 10.04 AMD64
with Nvidia 173... drivers and two video cards.  It does appear to be a
race condition, however the fix from post #68 does not work for me.

The problem can be reliably reproduced (or not) with the following
steps:

1.  log in normally.
2. activate "switch user" in the gui;  a new xsession starts with a password entry box
3. enter the password.  when typing in the password, the 'dots' in the password box do not echo immediately.
4. now do one of two things:
  a. immediately hit enter - the new session starts with the wrong theme
  b. wait until the 'dots' echo before hitting enter - the new session starts correctly with the correct theme.

looking at .xsession-errors , the difference between a 'good' login and
a 'bad' one appears to be:

** (gnome-settings-daemon:4748): WARNING **: You can only run one
xsettings manager at a time; exiting

** (gnome-settings-daemon:4748): WARNING **: Unable to start xsettings manager: Could not initialize xsettings manager.
Failed to play sound: Sound disabled
Unable to find a synaptics device.


Hope that helps locate the problem.

Dave C.

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