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> said Kate Draven:
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> | > just plugged in a new external drive and wanted, as i do each time i
> | > get a new external backup drive, to reformat it ext4. but now sudo
> | > gparted brings this:
> | >
> | > [kcrash] TDECrash: Application 'gpartedbin-gtk-tqt-application'
> | > crashing...
> | >
> | > this is similar to a problem i encountered recently with my scanner
> | > software. i'm running ubuntu 16.04 with TDE 14.0.5.
> | >
> | > anybody know how i can fix this?
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> | > dep
> |
> | Hi Dep,
> |
> | Go into kcontrol, the GTK Style and Themes under appearance, and play
> | with the settings until it works. The problem is you are using an
> | incompatible theme to "retheme" the the application UI. For gtk2,  I use
> | qtcurve. For gtk3, I use default. That's works well for me. However, I
> | can't say this will for you but it's a starting point.
> 
> Thanks very much but no joy. I've now gone through every one of the 
> available themes for each of them (though I did not try all possible 
> combinations). Same crash for each. Alas.
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> dep
> 
Add more gtk themes. Then try again. If that doesn't work, remove it. You 
really don't need it.

Kate