Ubuntu
kcm-gtk package

kcm-gtk writes settings into wrong file

Bug #473197 reported by Jan Včelák
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kcm-gtk (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: kcm-gtk

The style and fonts settings for GTK applications in KDE stopped applying after replacing gtk-qt-engine with kcm-gtk.

The changes performed by kcm-gtk are written into ~/.gtkrc-2.0-kde4 instead of ~/.gtkrc-2.0

$ env | grep GTK
GTK2_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:/home/user/.gtkrc-2.0::/home/user/.kde/share/config/gtkrc-2.0
GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/user/.gtkrc::/home/user/.kde/share/config/gtkrc

(Symlink solved it for me for now.)

kcm-gtk 0.5.3-0ubuntu1
kdebase-runtime 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu4

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10
Codename: karmic

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Guillaume Millet (guimillet) wrote :

I confirm this bug. Renaming ~/.gtkrc-2.0-kde4 to ~/.gtkrc-2.0 solved my problem of using qtcurve theme for gtk applications.

Philip Muškovac (yofel)
Changed in kcm-gtk (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Felix Geyer (debfx) wrote :

Is this still an issue on lucid?

For me GTK2_RC_FILES contains .gtkrc-2.0-kde4

Changed in kcm-gtk (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Dustan Ashley (dashley) wrote :

Issue still occurs in Lucid for me

GTK2_RC_FILES="/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:/home/dashley/.gtkrc-2.0::/home/dashley/.kde/share/config/gtkrc-2.0"

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Felix Geyer (debfx) wrote :

Is the package gtk2-engines-qtcurve installed on your system?

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Guillaume Millet (guimillet) wrote :

I think that the package kubuntu-default-settings installs /usr/share/kubuntu-default-settings/gtk2-engines-qtcurve.rc.sh and copies it in $HOME/.kde/env. This script contains "export GTK2_RC_FILES=$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0-kde4". A new installation of Lucid did not present the issue.

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Guillaume Millet (guimillet) wrote :

excepted for sudo account, /root/.gtkrc-2.0-kde4 (changed with "kdesudo kcmshell4 kcmgtk") is not used on my pc. I've added a symlink named .gtkrc-2.0.

Changed in kcm-gtk (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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Guillaume Millet (guimillet) wrote :

what is the reason to use .gtkrc-2.0-kde4 instead of.gtkrc-2.0 which is the default name hard coded in kde-base (according to http://bugs.gentoo.org/330509)?

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