desktop problems after changing theme

[Lamanary Ramos de Pina]

thanks olivier, that's exactly what I was needing.

On 10/28/06, Olivier Fourdan <fourdan at xfce.org> wrote:
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> Lamanary Ramos de Pina wrote:
> > hi list,
> > i'm running xubuntu edgy here. i've changed the theme and now i can't
> > start several apps (e.g. xfce4-panel, xfce4-terminal, xchat, gaim,
> > thunar) and the app that controls th window (now the windows has no
> > borders).
> > the message i get is:
> > (some_app: 5515): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme file for default has no name
> > (some_app: 5515): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme file for default has no
> directories
> > Segmentation fault
>
> It's probably the "engine". Gtk uses "engines" to change the way widgets
> are drawn. If the engine crashes, the whole application crashes.
>
> Some engines are known to cause a crash of all gtk apps when used (like
> the Qt engine w/out KDE running)
>
> > how do i switch back to the last working theme or chose other one on the
> > terminal (xterm)?
>
> killall xfce-mcs-manager
> rm $HOME/.config/xfce4/mcs_settings/gtk.xml
>
> Then log out and log in again, w/out saving the session (if you want to
> recover the apps that have died because of the engine).
>
> HTH
> Cheers,
> Olivier.
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