apbsa Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 I have recently been trying to change the appearance of Gnome using gnome-appearance-properties, but the screen stops responding if I try and change from the theme tab. Therefore I can't tweak the theme, change fonts, wallpaper etc. I'm using Mandriva 2008. When I start the program from the command line I get the feedback: gnome-appearance-properties: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libhcengine.so: undefined symbol: ge_cairo_inner_stroke_rectangle I found two references to the problem on the web, but neither appears to provide a comprehensive answer. Has anyone else seen this and found a fix? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavaeolus Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 I haven't had such problems so far. Do you have all updates installed ? do you have 3D-Desktop effects enabled ? do the problems occur with a specific theme ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 Also check if the problem reoccurs if you set up a new user account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apbsa Posted December 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 Thanks for the tips but I can confirm that the problem occurs for all user acounts, including new ones. I have all official updates installed, and the problem occurs with compiz enabled or with a regular 2D desktop. The problem also occurs with any theme, including the Mandriva default. Has any one else got any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 Try with renaming the /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libhcengine.so file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apbsa Posted January 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 We can mark this one resolved, thanks to Arctic. I renamed the file /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libhcengine.so and that immediately solved the problem. Gnome-appearance-properties now works as intended. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 No problem. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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