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Re: [trinity-users] more Stretch stress? gtk2/gtk3 clash

From: "Dr. Nikolaus Klepp" <office@...>
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2018 20:30:53 +0100
Am Donnerstag, 13. Dezember 2018 schrieb Felmon Davis:
> greets!
> 
> don't know if it's related to Stretch - I recently upgraded from 
> Jessie (now somewhat to my regret) - but I did an update of Firefox 
> via the Mozilla online update.
> 
> subsequently (and as an effect?) Firefox lost vertical scrollbars. I 
> tried various things with the themes (unsystematically) and now have a 
> circumstance where I get:
> 
> "GTK+ 2.x symbols detected. Using GTK+ 2.x and GTK+ 3 in the same 
> process is not supported"
> 
> when I try to start Firefox, Pan and Google-Chrome-Stable. online 
> googling has so far yielded nothing useful.
> 
> I assume I have some combination of Desktop 'effects' which clash. I'm 
> guessing. I can list various things but perhaps I'll wait for wiser 
> guidance.
> 
> I will say I have:
> 
> Redmond as GTK2 Style
> Use my TDE Style in GTK3 apps
> GTK@ Fonts uses Times New Roman
> Decorations: Plastik
> 
> (btw I still have the issue of menu items playing hide-and-seek in 
> OpenOffice.)
> 
> fjd
> 
> 

As far as I can tell GTK3 and GNOME are broken by design. I remember I had these missing vertial scrollbars some time back, I solved the issue with "lxappearance", setting the theme to "Clearlooks" and removing of all gtk3 themes. 

Nik



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