I have this same problem, and it started when I updated gnome-control- center. For some reason, you can make gnome-appearance-properties work if you it in the terminal with sudo or as root (su). But that's probably not a good idea.
-- gnome-appearance-properties crashed with SIGSEGV in g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/552132 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs