I found a workaround, learned from my windows experience: I reinstalled edgy and it works :-/
I know that's not a scientific way to resolve this bug, and I would have liked to know what happened on the first install. I just used the same procedure for both! The only thing I can add: this is not a systematic error... -- gnome-settings-daemon crashes at login https://launchpad.net/bugs/61381 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs