Re: [gentoo-user] Random crash
schreef: I think I figured it out. Here is my output: bash-2.05b$ firefox \No running windows found /home/omega21/.gtk_qt_engine_rc:62: error: unexpected character `{', expected character `}' /usr/libexec/mozilla-launcher: line 547: 16841 Segmentation fault $mozbin $@ firefox-bin exited with non-zero status (139) I now realize that Gaim, Firefox Thunderbird are all GTK, and Im using qt-gtk-engine. That must be the issue. Can I get these things to work though with QT-GTK, because GTK without a theme -- well, no one deserves to see it. :) Ian GTK without a theme? GTK-QT *isn't* a theme. It's an engine that (supposedly) allows GTK (1 and 2) applications to use a KDE theme when running KDE, so that your GTK and QT applications look the same. Now, this works fine for me with Thunderbird, Firefox doesn't seem to accept most theme variables, even under GNOME (it won't pick up desktop colors, for example), and if Gaim is GTK 1, well... GTK-QT in my experience works much better with GTK 2 applications rather than GTK 1. First of all, have you set GTK applications to use the KDE color scheme in the KDE Configuration Center (Appearance and Themes=Colors=use my KDE color scheme in non KDE applications). Second of all, if you installed the GTK-QT engine via Portage, you should also have a GTK Themes and Styles entry in the Configuration menu or in the main menu somewhere (look in Utilities, or Extra). Make sure that the settings are correct. But the main problem that I found is that GTK 1 programs especially do not support all KDE themes. I was using Liquid and no GTK 1 application wanted to recognize it (though I finally got them to use the right color scheme). What I finally did was go to kde-look org and find a GTK theme that I could live with and that was replicated successfully for GTK, GTK 2, and KDE (there are several such themes on the site in the GTK+ 1 section, but many of the ones I tried didn't work properly), and use that instead. The theme I chose was QTCurve, and once installed (had to compile it manually, but that was a simple and standard compile and the instructions were perfectly adequate to the task), I then set GTK 1 apps to use it via switch --not switch 2; I specifically installed the 1.0 version in a new slot to have access to GTK 1 theme controls. switch by the way, is the binary name for the package installed by emerge gtk-theme-switch. I then set GTK 2 apps to use it via the GNOME Control Panel (if available), switch2 (the binary installed by the 2.0 versions of gtk-theme-switch), or gtk-chtheme, another GTK (2) theme-setting utility for those without GNOME. KDE was just set to use the theme normally via the Configuration Center. And now all my apps, be they KDE, GTK 1 or GTK 2, look alike to the best of their ability (since Firefox does not pick up desktop theme colors using most firefox themes, although istr that there are a couple of ff themes that do use desktop color schemes. I'm just apparently not using one). So my advice to you would be threefold: 1) try installing (gtk) theme engines via Portage, or even manually from art.gnome.org or gnome-look.org. It's possible that you don't have the backend for the theme you're trying to use. Be warned ,though-- many of the gtk-engine packages will install if you have GNOME 2.x installed, but then if you try to upgrade GNOME (from 2.8.x to 2.10, for example), the gnome-themes(-extras) package will be blocked by them. However, the gnome-themes packages don't seem to actually include many of the GTK engines, though they (obviously) claim to, which is a problem since many GTK themes are based on some of these engines, like smooth. 2) try a different KDE theme via GTK-QT. I had a lot of problems with Liquid, but Plastic is much simpler and might work fine. 3) give up on GTK-QT and just use replicated themes. Geramik is in Portage, replicating Keramik (and Thin Keramik) controls. On kde-look.org you can find Plastiq (replicating Plastic controls), QTCurve (modified Bluecurve controls), two versions of Liquid (which unfortunately don't seem to respect color schemes, but maybe I didn't follow instructions), and of course, lots of Aqua, among others. And you naturally have the option to hack a cross-environment theme yourself, or just forget about this standardized look business and just use different themes for GTK and KDE apps. It's not so bad as long as you have the color scheme set to be used across the board. Hope this helps, Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Random crash
Ian K schreef: Holly Bostick wrote: 2) try a different KDE theme via GTK-QT. I had a lot of problems with Liquid, but Plastic is much simpler and might work fine. This is what worked. I am now using krisp, as opposed to Metal4kde. Glad to hear it. Krisp is pretty nice (I liked it too). Hope this helps, It did. Thank you for your time. You're quite welcome. Glad you got it sorted. Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Random crash
--- ««Omega21»» [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there. Right now, Im typing this in webmail because none of my Mozilla products are working right. And now that I think of it, Gaim is doing the same thing. What happens is: I start the program (firefox // thunderbird // gaim) After what seems to be a random time, it suddenly closes. Hi Omega21, Do you remember what you did just before this problem started? Run one of those apps from a terminal so you can see if there are any clues in stderr. Zac __ Discover Yahoo! Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/mobile.html -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Random crash
--- Zac Medico [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- ««Omega21»» [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there. Right now, Im typing this in webmail because none of my Mozilla products are working right. And now that I think of it, Gaim is doing the same thing. What happens is: I start the program (firefox // thunderbird // gaim) After what seems to be a random time, it suddenly closes. Hi Omega21, Do you remember what you did just before this problem started? Run one of those apps from a terminal so you can see if there are any clues in stderr. Zac I forgot to mention that if there are no clues on stderr then you can try a debugging tool such as strace: strace -f -F -o ~/firefox-strace.txt firefox The ouput file may have a clue. Zac __ Discover Yahoo! Use Yahoo! to plan a weekend, have fun online and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Random crash
--- Zac Medico [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Zac Medico [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- ««Omega21»» [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there. Right now, Im typing this in webmail because none of my Mozilla products are working right. And now that I think of it, Gaim is doing the same thing. What happens is: I start the program (firefox // thunderbird // gaim) After what seems to be a random time, it suddenly closes. Hi Omega21, Do you remember what you did just before this problem started? Run one of those apps from a terminal so you can see if there are any clues in stderr. Zac I forgot to mention that if there are no clues on stderr then you can try a debugging tool such as strace: strace -f -F -o ~/firefox-strace.txt firefox The ouput file may have a clue. Zac gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list I think I figured it out. Here is my output: bash-2.05b$ firefox \No running windows found /home/omega21/.gtk_qt_engine_rc:62: error: unexpected character `{', expected character `}' /usr/libexec/mozilla-launcher: line 547: 16841 Segmentation fault $mozbin $@ firefox-bin exited with non-zero status (139) I now realize that Gaim, Firefox Thunderbird are all GTK, and Im using qt-gtk-engine. That must be the issue. Can I get these things to work though with QT-GTK, because GTK without a theme -- well, no one deserves to see it. :) Ian __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Random crash
--- ««Omega21»» [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think I figured it out. Here is my output: bash-2.05b$ firefox \No running windows found /home/omega21/.gtk_qt_engine_rc:62: error: unexpected character `{', expected character `}' /usr/libexec/mozilla-launcher: line 547: 16841 Segmentation fault $mozbin $@ firefox-bin exited with non-zero status (139) I now realize that Gaim, Firefox Thunderbird are all GTK, and Im using qt-gtk-engine. That must be the issue. Can I get these things to work though with QT-GTK, because GTK without a theme -- well, no one deserves to see it. :) Ian Looks like something is wrong with ~/.gtk_qt_engine_rc.If you can't fix it you could delete it and start from scratch ;-) I've used gtk-qt-engine in the past with no problems. For KDE users, Mozillux has some really nice themes for firefox and thunderbird: http://www.polinux.upv.es/mozilla/temas.php?idioma=en Zac __ Discover Yahoo! Find restaurants, movies, travel and more fun for the weekend. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/weekend.html -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list