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

[Eelko Berkenpies]

On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:36:29 +0200, Gilboa Davara <gilboad at gmail.com>
wrote:
> 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

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?

-- 
Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards,
Eelko Berkenpies