Ubuntu
gtk-qt-engine package

  1. Bug #36256
  2. Comment #8

Comment 8 for bug 36256

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Scott Beamer (angrykeyboarder) wrote : Re: gtk2-engines-gtk-qt causes GNOME-panel to crash upon startup

(In reply to comment #7)
> please understand that we cant ship anything for a 3 year support release that
> renders the whole system unusable and where upstream didnt work on this major
> bug which is not specific to ubuntu (see upstream bug) for about 4 months.

I understand.

> feel free to contact upstream to fix it in time

I may do that.

>, i'm only opposed to ship this
> package in the current state it is in, i can verify the bug reliable on all
> systems here.

So you're saying you've verified the bug I reported is occurring on your systems
there as well?

As far as it rendering the system unusable is concerned, I can't help but wonder
why something so critical has only been considered "normal" severity and took so
long to address.

BTW, a few weeks after I first reported this, I found a temporary workaround.
Before logging out of KDE I'd delete the .gtk_qt_engine_rc file from my home
directory. That would solve the problem and allow me to log in to and use GNOME
as normal. When I logged back in to KDE it would just re-create the file.

In any event, thanks for your attention to this matter.