4.4rc1 works for root but not for user

Peter N. Spotts pspotts at alum.mit.edu
Sat Sep 30 18:07:12 CEST 2006


On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 17:36:17 +0200
Olivier Fourdan <fourdan at xfce.org> wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
> I noticed you used the Gtk-Qt engine: Never, ever, do that, it crashes
> and takes all GTK apps with it.
> 
> - From a console, w/out xfce running, get rid of your settings all
> together, try this:
> 
> mv $HOME/.config/xfce4 $HOME/.config/xfce4.bak
> 
> And log in again.
> 
> BTW, the compositor can be enabled/disabled at runtime in 4.4. And
> it's disabled by default, so it's unlikely your problem.
> 
> HTH
> Olivier.
> 

That didn't solve it, unfortunately. How does one go about changing --
or even ditching -- theme engines?  If I rename the gtk-qt folder
in /opt/gnome/share, would that help?

Pete

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