GTK, MDK, and XFCE

[Andrew]

> ok, this is good - much easier to fix than a system install issue.  you 
> have two options.  here's the way i'd do it:
> 
> 1) get out of X, log in as root.
> 2) move your entire homedir elsewhere, and recreate it (perhaps copy 
> files from /etc/skel in there.  remember to set ownership and 
> permissions properly.
> 3) look in your old homedir, and copy files that you know have nothing 
> to do with gtk over to your new homedir.  copy application files 
> (dot-files and dot-dirs).  leave out anything with gnome, gtk, or gconf 
> in the name.  i'd say for now leave out your ~/.xfce4 directory as well.  
> just in case, leave out .kde, .kde2, and/or .kde3 as well.
> 4) log out, and back in as your normal user.

That did it.  What I did instead was to move all .gnome* .gtk* folders
to a backup folder and to restart gnome.  It ends up that I'm not sure
which folder was the culprit, but I now have gtk2 working.

Thanks all for the help!