GTK, MDK, and XFCE

[Andrew]

Sorry for the delay; I've been out of town.

> this is somewhat of a long shot, but it's _possible_ that some of your gtk 
> engines are installed incorrectly.  or they are unable to load for whatever 
> reason.  if the engine doesn't load, but the theme still gets applied, you 
> might see the behavior you're describing.  troubleshooting that is probably 
> beyond the scope of what i can do without seeing the box.

OK, I'm asking the Mandrake Users forum about this.

> have you ever run gnome2 on the box, and did that work ok with theme 
> switching?  if so, then i'm even more confused...

Good idea.  I just tried running gnome and actually, the same thing
happens: button icons change, menus/borders change, but nothing else. 
Does this help diagnose?