RC1 : problem + QA items

[Erik Harrison]

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:14:25 -0500, purslow at sympatico.ca
<purslow at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 041117 purslow at sympatico.ca wrote:
> 
> 
> > there's  1  serious problem with RC1 :
> > Gtk-based apps have dialog boxes which are too narrow to read
> > (Gqview, Galeon, Gkrellm config, GVim search, XF printing; ok on KDE).
> > i suspect that i need to remerge  >= 1  package(s) on Gentoo,
> > but before i try things at random, does anyone have a specific solution ?
> > it has to be something to do with Xfce, as it doesn't happen on KDE:
> > when i exit Xfce, then immediately start KDE,
> > the Gtk apps start (or i can start them) & the dialog lines are ok.
> > i remerged Gtk-engines & Gtk-engines-xfce , which seem to be the Gtk items
> > which i had not recently updated, & the problem remains.  of course,
> > i used BH's uninstaller & installer to reinstall Xfce & rebooted.
> > this has happened before & it's been cured by recompiling things,
> > but i'ld rather not go thro' everything just in the hope something will work.
> > anyone else have suggestions ?  meanwhile, i can check forums & Google.
> 
> well, i've checked forums, tried Google & more important recompiled things,
> ie Gtk+ Gtk-engines Gtk-engines-xfce Pygtk Glib & Gqview ;
> i've also again uninstalled & reinstalled Xfce 4.1.99.1 with BM's tools.
> nothing has changed: the input text boxes in Gqview & the other apps
> remain far too thin vertically, showing no readable type.
> there must be some problem with resizing (i have seen this effect before).
> 
> could it be that there is a problem between Xfce's assumptions
> & the most recent stable versions -- eg of Gtk+ -- provided by Gentoo ?
> surely, someone familiar with the Gtk+ & other libraries knows
> what it is which controls the vertical sizing of those text boxes,
> which should provide a pointer to what is going wrong.

You say that the problem doesn't happen with KDE. Are you using the
same GTK+ theme for both KDE and Xfce? What theme are you using? Is it
an Xfce theme, or does it use another theme engine?

-Erik

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