GTK themes only half-working

[Andrewski]

I had responded to a post on the XFCE forum http://xfce.lindesign.se/db/viewtopic.php?t=527 in which someone is having problems with the gtk themes. I realise that I have them too, and can't figure out how to rectify the situation. Can any of you? ;)

 

Problem: GTK themes don't really change appearance, just icons on buttons and such. (That is, colours and sizes and shapes always stay grey and plain, even when they're supposed to change.)

 

We're running Mandrake 9.2. I have no ~/.gtkrc-2.0/ folder. Here are some of the rpm's I have installed:

 

andrew:andrew$ rpm -qa | grep xfce
libxfce4mcs1-4.0.3-1mdk
xfce-utils-4.0.3-1mdk
libxfcegui4_1-devel-4.0.3-1mdk
xfce-mcs-manager-4.0.3-1mdk
libxfcegui4_1-4.0.3-1mdk
libxfce4util1-4.0.3-1mdk
xfce4-4.0.3-1mdk
xfce-toys-4.0.3-1mdk
libxfce4mcs1-devel-4.0.3-1mdk
xfce-mcs-plugins-4.0.3-1mdk
xfce-iconbox-4.0.3-1mdk
xfce-mcs-manager-devel-4.0.3-1mdk
xfce-panel-4.0.3-1mdk
xfce-systray-4.0.3-1mdk
xfce4-artwork-0.0.4-1mdk
libxfce4util1-devel-4.0.3-1mdk
xfce-panel-devel-4.0.3-1mdk

andrew:andrew$ rpm -qa | grep gtk
libgtk+1.2-1.2.10-37mdk
libexif-gtk4-0.3.3-6mdk
gtk-engines2-2.2.0-4mdk
gtk+2.0-2.2.4-2mdk
gtkhtml-1.1.10-4mdk
libgtk+2.0_0-2.2.4-2mdk
gtk+mdk-0.1.6-14mdk
pygtk2.0-wrapper-2.0.0-2mdk
pygtk2.0-libglade-2.0.0-2mdk
gtkhtml3.0-3.0.8-1mdk
gtkdialogs-2.0-6mdk
libgtkxmhtml1-1.4.2-7mdk
pygtk2.0-2.0.0-2mdk
libgtkhtml1.1_3-1.1.10-4mdk
libgtkhtml-3.0_2-3.0.8-1mdk
libgtk+2.0_0-devel-2.2.4-2mdk
pygtk-0.6.11-4mdk
libgtk+-x11-2.0_0-2.2.4-2mdk
gtksourceview-0.6.0-4mdk
gtk-engines-0.12-8mdk
libgtk+1.2-devel-1.2.10-37mdk
gtk-themes-1.0-10mdk
pygtk2.0-devel-2.0.0-2mdk

Someone on the XFCE mailing list suggested (as a last resort) that perhaps my gtk (engine) is badly installed. I don't think so, because I've just installed the Mandrake standards, but could that be at fault?

[bvc]

yes, the behavior u r describing is just like trying to use a theme without the theme engine installed. I d/k what engine xfce uses (ding....probably the xfce engine) but I think it's included in the gtk-engines2. Look in /etc/gtk bla bla bla/engines....

[Andrewski]

One more thing: I created a new user in userdrake and when I tried running gnome and xfce, the themes worked, so I think it's just a config issue. Any idea where to look?

[bvc]

all the ~/.gnome's and family.....mv them

[beesea]

We're running Mandrake 9.2.  I have no ~/.gtkrc-2.0/ folder

~/.gtkrc-2.0 is supposed to be a file, not a directory. here's what mine looks like:

gtk-theme-name = "Industrial"
gtk-font-name = "tahoma 9"

i don't actually know if this will help solve your problem though...

[Andrewski]

Thanks for the replies. beesea, I did realise soon after looking into this that .gtkrc-2.0 was a file; whoops. :)

 

Actually, I ended up doing what bvc suggested and moved select .gnome and such folders from my home directory. It was apparently just a simple user config problem... [sigh]