gnome/gtk apps not working

[rwhelton]

I am having difficulty getting any gnome or gtk based apps to work in kubuntu, though the FAQ says they should. Of particular concern for me is gimp. When I run it, it complains of
(gimp:5179): Gdk-WARNING **: gdk_window_set_back_pixmap(): pixmap must have a colormap

The GUI is blacked out except for a few buttons, and the app does not respond to any input or signals--it requires a KILL (-9) to terminate the app. I believe there must be a library missing, but I cannot find it. I have installed the ubuntu (gnome) desktop in the hopes of acquiring the missing library. Is anyone else having this problem or have any suggestions?

[AlphA]

Re: gnome/gtk apps not working

I have a similar issue.... I just installed Dapper and am having a problem installing easytag. Are gnome packages no longer supported?

[mp]

Re: gnome/gtk apps not working

It seems I have also similar problems since the upgrade.
Gimp starts up and immediately terminates.
Also Thunderbird is awfully slow in its screen updates, the slidebars are corrupted, it's even not workable.

[sense]

Re: gnome/gtk apps not working

The slidebars have been dodgy in Flight 7 already, I have been running F7 (awaiting completion of download of release CD) for a while now, and Thunderbird is functional, but the slidebars are dodgy and screen updates do seem very slow, so this is not only the latest release.....

[mp]

Re: gnome/gtk apps not working

From what I have found it should be a broken Gtk lib or something like that.
I found also a 'solution' for it on http://www.freshports.org/x11-themes/gtk-qt-engine/
This Suse thread points to the same:
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-l...-Feb/2140.html

But according to Adept I seem to have gtk2-engines_gtk-qt installed (version 0.6) ?

[mp]

Re: gnome/gtk apps not working

Still nobody has a solution for this ?
Thunderbird is really not workable like this and The Gimp even less ...

Marc

[mp]

Re: gnome/gtk apps not working

Well, one hour after the previous message I got it finally solved myself by installing an upgrade of gtk2-engines_gtk-qt (0.60-2).
Everything seems to be working back normally now.

Marc