Other fixes for xfce4 bug #77445 in Ubuntu?

[Olivier Fourdan]

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Aaron Cohen wrote:
> Other fixes for xfce4 bug #77445 in Ubuntu?
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> From https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/xfce4/+bug/77445
> Binary package hint: xfce4
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> Xubuntu Edgy 6.10, Xfce 4.3.99rc1: Go into Settings -> User Interface Preferences to change the icon theme. Changing the theme to either default or Grounation crashes Xfce. It won't start again, either. To get Xfce up again I had to restore the .config directory from backup. I haven't determined which configuration file is corrupted yet. I haven't found anything in any log file.
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I don't think the problem is in xfce, but in gtk+. I noticed that recent
gtk+ versions crashes with some icon themes.

The fact that changing the icon theme crashes all the apps proves that
the problem lies in a common part of all apps, ie gtk+.

Removing the config dir just restores the defaults values, and thus the
default icon theme. To be precise, I think you just have to remove the
line :

  <option name="Net/IconThemeName" type="string" value="??????"/>

from the ~/.config/xfce4/mcs_settings/gtk.xml

Please note that the same applies to gtk engines. Some gtk engines, e.g.
gtk+ Qt engine that comes with KDE crashes all gtk+ apps when not
running KDE, it seems.

In other words, not much we (xfce) can do about that.

Cheers,
Olivier.
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