Thanks for your bug. What version of edgy do you use? Is that a slow box? "Activation of org.gnome.SettingsDaemon timed out" seems to indicate a dbus timeout
** Also affects: dbus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed ** Changed in: control-center (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- GNOME Settings Daemon does not start properly on AMD64 desktop install disk https://launchpad.net/bugs/68048 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs