GTK application do not respect KDE colors, weird theme problems.

[Gilboa Davara]

Hello all,

Since my upgrade to F12/4.3.4 (and unlike F11/4.3.4 - while using the
same home) GTK application no longer respect the KDE colors and font
selection.
Far worse, I'm seeing weird artifacts in GTK application (such as
http://gilboadavara.thecodergeek.com/pulse-volume-control-gtk-under-kde.png.)

If I switch to GNOME, the artifacts are gone.
Switching kwin composition effects off and on had zero effect - so we
can more-or-less rule out graphic card issues.

- Gilboa
P.S. I do have a .gtkrc-2.0 file (Font sizes, icon-set, theme) - but
removing it had zero effect.

[Eelko Berkenpies]

On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:04:05 +0200, Gilboa Davara 
wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Since my upgrade to F12/4.3.4 (and unlike F11/4.3.4 - while using the
> same home) GTK application no longer respect the KDE colors and font
> selection.
> Far worse, I'm seeing weird artifacts in GTK application (such as

http://gilboadavara.thecodergeek.com/pulse-volume-control-gtk-under-kde.png.)
> If I switch to GNOME, the artifacts are gone.
> Switching kwin composition effects off and on had zero effect - so we
> can more-or-less rule out graphic card issues.
> Gilboa
>
> P.S. I do have a .gtkrc-2.0 file (Font sizes, icon-set, theme) - but
> removing it had zero effect.

I've seen this on a few PC's too (I think). I had to edit
/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc and change the theme from Clearlooks to Nodoka.

Perhaps that's similar to your problem? :)

[Gilboa Davara]

On Fri, 2009-12-18 at 18:53 +0100, Eelko Berkenpies wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:04:05 +0200, Gilboa Davara 
> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Since my upgrade to F12/4.3.4 (and unlike F11/4.3.4 - while using the
> > same home) GTK application no longer respect the KDE colors and font
> > selection.
> > Far worse, I'm seeing weird artifacts in GTK application (such as
>
> http://gilboadavara.thecodergeek.com/pulse-volume-control-gtk-under-kde.png.)
> > If I switch to GNOME, the artifacts are gone.
> > Switching kwin composition effects off and on had zero effect - so we
> > can more-or-less rule out graphic card issues.
> > Gilboa
> >
> > P.S. I do have a .gtkrc-2.0 file (Font sizes, icon-set, theme) - but
> > removing it had zero effect.
>
> I've seen this on a few PC's too (I think). I had to edit
> /etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc and change the theme from Clearlooks to Nodoka.
>
> Perhaps that's similar to your problem? :)

Thanks! It works.

... It's very weird - Shouldn't my own .gtkrc in my home directory
over-ride the main gtkrc? Up until F12 - it always did.

One last question - has anyone reported it to the gtk2 maintainer?

- Gilboa

[Eelko Berkenpies]

On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:36:29 +0200, Gilboa Davara 
wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-12-18 at 18:53 +0100, Eelko Berkenpies wrote:
> > On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:04:05 +0200, Gilboa Davara 
> > wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > Since my upgrade to F12/4.3.4 (and unlike F11/4.3.4 - while using the
> > > same home) GTK application no longer respect the KDE colors and font
> > > selection.
> > > Far worse, I'm seeing weird artifacts in GTK application (such as

http://gilboadavara.thecodergeek.com/pulse-volume-control-gtk-under-kde.png.)
> > > If I switch to GNOME, the artifacts are gone.
> > > Switching kwin composition effects off and on had zero effect - so we
> > > can more-or-less rule out graphic card issues.
> > > Gilboa
> > >
> > > P.S. I do have a .gtkrc-2.0 file (Font sizes, icon-set, theme) - but
> > > removing it had zero effect.
> >
> > I've seen this on a few PC's too (I think). I had to edit
> > /etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc and change the theme from Clearlooks to Nodoka.
> >
> > Perhaps that's similar to your problem? :)
>
> Thanks! It works.
>
> ... It's very weird - Shouldn't my own .gtkrc in my home directory
> over-ride the main gtkrc? Up until F12 - it always did.
>
> One last question - has anyone reported it to the gtk2 maintainer?
> Gilboa

You're welcome. :)

To be honest, I haven't bothered to report it yet. I wasn't sure if it was
needed to do so. But perhaps it's a good thing to figure out if this change
is intended behaviour?

[Gilboa Davara]

On Fri, 2009-12-18 at 21:12 +0100, Eelko Berkenpies wrote:
> You're welcome. :)
>
> To be honest, I haven't bothered to report it yet. I wasn't sure if it was
> needed to do so. But perhaps it's a good thing to figure out if this change
> is intended behaviour?

FYI: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=549764

- Gilboa