Problems with certain GTK+ applications and updating

[Blackened Justice]

Hey everyone,

I've been tinkering on and off with Linux Mint for quite some time, and I've recently decided to give the KDE version some time on my notebook. Everything is going quite smoothly, it's one of the best KDE distributions I've played with

Now, I've been having some problems with certain small-ish things. First of all, certain GTK+ applications have an ugly, boxy look to them, kinda like certain classic X apps. Software Sources looks like this. GIMP looked like this for a while, but I can't reproduce it anymore... Anyway, I installed gtk-chtheme, but it crashes. Anyone know how to solve this?

Secondly, I was having trouble updating, both with the update manager and apt-get update. It seemed to get stuck in certain repositories, I unchecked http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu lisa main, and it started working correctly again, but it looks like a rather important repository

Also, a lot of the stuff I install takes a lot of time to get represented in the application launcher, and it often takes a reset for that to happen.

EDIT: It appears that mintinstall is giving me a hard time too. It now shows the splash screen, shows the categories screen briefly, for a few seconds, and then segfaults...

Cheers

[nico]

as for mintinstall issue :

viewtopic.php?f=109&t=91531

about gtk apps in kde , as long as i can remember, they always had a skimpy look....all you can do is to play a bit in system setting - appearence - gtk apps look
maybe there's something more to do but sincerely i have no idea

[TeaSwigger]

Regarding GTK apps.

You should be able to reasonably unify the themes between KDE and GTK with one of two choices: QT Curve or oxygen-gtk.

QT Curve is a customizable matching style for KDE and GTK. To use it, select QT Curve in System Settings > Application Appearance > Style (click "Configure" for extensive customization options) and select QTCurve in System Settings > Application Appearance > GTK+ Appearances. You can also select to use its customizable window frames by selecting QT Curve in System Settings > Workspace Appearance > Window Decorations. You may need to install the package "qtcurve" which should ensure related components are installed.

oxygen-gtk is a GTK theme which attempts to mirror KDE's oxygen theme in default form. To use it, select Oxygen in System Settings > Application Appearance > Style and select oxygen-gtk in System Settings > Application Appearance > GTK+ Appearances. You can select the Oxygen window frames if not already selected in System Settings > Workspace Appearance > Window Decorations. oxygen-gtk was installed by default I think, but if it isn't there check for a package by that name or you can find it on kdelook.org and manually install it.

There may be a third option: installing the KDE "GTK+ Style theme" which makes KDE apps use what you configure in the GTK+ Appearance config, but I had serious problems with that before and therefore can't recommend it.

These may not work for Firefox and Thunderbird. I haven't looked into it.

A possibly crucial side note. LM 12 KDE edition seems to have omitted a relevant hidden config file in your home folder, .gtkrc-2.0. Create it as a symbolic link to the related config file they do have, .gtkrc-2.0-kde4. Seeing the root folder is similarly provisioned, by the way, will fix the odd look of any GTK apps like Synaptic run sudo.

[mbalazs81]

I can not remember what I set out. Before everything was nice, but now qtcurve, oxygen-gtk,or raleigh, same problem ---> http://noob.hu/2012/02/12/pillanatfelv.png

[richardG891]

I think this is a limitation in how KDE plugs into gtk themes via system settings... this is the fix you're looking for - it worked for me anyway.

install "gtk-theme-switch"

run the command "gtk-theme-switch2" from a terminal

A box appears with the currently installed GTK themes. Select Oxygen-gtk and apply (can't remember if you have to reboot or not). All sub-windows and the buttons of gtk apps show now look correct (synaptic, thunderbird, gimp, etc.) rather than just bits of them. And it's permanent, so you only need to run it again if you want to change the theme.

[mads]

Hey everyone,...
Secondly, I was having trouble updating, both with the update manager and apt-get update. It seemed to get stuck in certain repositories, I unchecked http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu lisa main, and it started working correctly again, but it looks like a rather important repository ...

Hey.
According to my repos, lisa main should be oneiric main:
http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu oneiric main

[mbalazs81]

richardG891
This is Works, or delete the .gtkrc-2.0-kde4 file in the home dir.
But what this program set, we can set it here: http://noob.hu/2012/02/19/gtk.png -but has no effect.
This means that the system settings gtk+ selector function doesn't work...(bad english but I hope you understand.)