GTK application do not respect KDE colors, weird theme problems.
Gilboa Davara
gilboad at gmail.com
Fri Dec 18 18:36:29 UTC 2009
On Fri, 2009-12-18 at 18:53 +0100, Eelko Berkenpies wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:04:05 +0200, Gilboa Davara <gilboad at gmail.com>
> 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
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