Re: Theming problems & WM not launched

["Jesse D . Sightler" <jsight pair com>]

Try deleting your ~/.gtkrc file and then switching themes.  Probably
something strange happened to the gtkrc for the original pixmap
theme and control-center is getting confused when modifying it to
represent the new theme.

On Thu, 18 Mar 1999 01:52:48 you wrote:
> 
> I'm having trouble using GTK themes. Firstly the only theme that
> draws correctly is the original Pixmap theme (can't get other
> Pixmap based themes working). Other themes such as Motif do not
> draw *any* buttons, sliders, etc. When I try to install my own
> theme (such as brushedmetal), I select it in the dialog box,
> press OK, and the control-center locks without reporting any
> errors on the command prompt. Also Gnome (gtk?) *constantly*
> reports "...unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: 'menu.png'
> line 319".
> 
> The other problem I'm having is that when I run gnome-session
> from my .Xclients, enlightenment will not launch. Gnome panel
> opens, but no WM is started. Enlightenment is set to start in
> the control-panel, and it does work when run from Xterm (eg.
> enlightenment *is* installed!)
> 
> I just downloaded the most recent release version of Gnome (as
> well as GTK 1.2, enlightenment DR0.15, etc). I was upgrading
> from Gnome 0.30. I pretty much removed all the old gnome stuff
> before upgrading, as well as cleaning out some older CVS copies
> of GTK 1.1.x so they wouldn't interfere.
> 
> I'm using a seriously changed RH 5. Most everything has been
> upgraded using FTP from either RawHide or RH5.2.
> 
> "Help, I need somebody, help, ...anybody, help!" (beatles)
> 
> -Seth
> 
> 
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