Re: gtk2 apps under other desktops ( eg Enlightenment )

[Michael L Torrie <torriem chem byu edu>]

On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 08:03 +1000, Daniel Kasak wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> I just tried out Enlightenment-0.17 on my work PC and have lost a couple
> of important things.
> 
> Mainly, I've lost my gtk2 theme preferences - ie all gtk2 apps start
> with the default theme. If I log out of Enlightenment and back into
> Gnome, my Gtk2 apps get the correct theme. What's required for my apps
> to know the theme I've selected previously?

Before running gtk apps, run /usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon (path
may vary).

> 
> The other thing I've lost - which also relates to a bug I've encountered
> after upgrading Gnome - is all the icons in Nautilus. Everything is
> represented by a generic "unknown" type of icon - ie the one that's used
> for unknown file types. Also, if I right-click on one of these icons and
> select 'properties', and in the dialog that appears I click the emblems'
> tab, there are *no* icons here either. What is required to invigorate
> nautilus with it's pretty icons?

Again, the settings daemon will probably fix this.

> 
> And lastly - carrying on from the last point - on a number of Gentoo
> boxen, after upgrading Gnome ( eg from 2.6 to 2.8 on some, and also from
> 2.8 to 2.10 on others ) I've got the same problem with nautilus
> displaying the 'unknown' icon for everything - but of course this is
> when I'm actually *running* Gnome. As above, but stated slightly
> differently, what could have happened during the upgrade to bring this
> sorry state of affairs about? I've tried everything, from deleting my
> .gnome2 etc folders, to creating new users. Nothing brings my icons back.

dunno.

> 
> Any help greatly appreciated :)
> 
> Dan
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