More details ;-) >From the Themes browser -> Details, i've found that only the windows border themes (i.e., metacity) is responsive. Controls and icons are stuck on the 'gnome default'.
P.S., I forgot to mention my attachment of the g-c-d crash: http://librarian.launchpad.net/6897581/gnome-settings-daemon- bugreport.txt -- gnome-settings-daemon crashes at login https://launchpad.net/bugs/61381 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs