The interface has became UGLY

dmitrymyadzelets · 2017-12-30 19:00:32

Hi all!

I don't know what part of the Linux my problem is related to, but it is more about GUI, I believe. Without any obvious reason all windows started to look this style:

I'd like to return my 'classic' look of CrunchBang which was like that:

https://debmintux.files.wordpress.com/2 … _scrot.png

Do you have an idea what happen and how to fix it?

The distro:

CrunchBang waldorf
Linux 3.2.0-4-486 #1 Debian 3.2.96-2 i686 GNU/Linux

Thanks in advance.

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2017-12-30 19:14:51)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-12-30 19:16:13

Have you tried using lxappearance to change the themes?

Can we please see the output of:

cat ~/{.gtkrc-2.0,.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini}

dmitrymyadzelets · 2017-12-30 21:28:21

No, I never changed the default settings. The output is below.

cat ~/{.gtkrc-2.0,.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini}
# DO NOT EDIT! This file will be overwritten by LXAppearance.
# Any customization should be done in ~/.gtkrc-2.0.mine instead.

gtk-theme-name="waldorf"
gtk-icon-theme-name="CrunchBang-Dark"
gtk-font-name="Liberation Sans 10"
gtk-cursor-theme-name="DMZ-White"
gtk-cursor-theme-size=0
gtk-toolbar-style=GTK_TOOLBAR_ICONS
gtk-toolbar-icon-size=GTK_ICON_SIZE_SMALL_TOOLBAR
gtk-button-images=0
gtk-menu-images=1
gtk-enable-event-sounds=0
gtk-enable-input-feedback-sounds=0
gtk-xft-antialias=1
gtk-xft-hinting=1
gtk-xft-hintstyle="hintslight"
gtk-xft-rgba="rgb"
[Settings] 
gtk-theme-name=waldorf
gtk-icon-theme-name=CrunchBang-Dark
gtk-font-name=Liberation Sans 10
gtk-cursor-theme-name=DMZ-White
gtk-cursor-theme-size=0
gtk-toolbar-style=GTK_TOOLBAR_ICONS
gtk-toolbar-icon-size=GTK_ICON_SIZE_SMALL_TOOLBAR
gtk-button-images=0
gtk-menu-images=1
gtk-enable-event-sounds=0
gtk-enable-input-feedback-sounds=0
gtk-xft-antialias=1
gtk-xft-hinting=1
gtk-xft-hintstyle=hintslight

The date for these files is May 2015, when, probably, this distro was installed.

Last edited by dmitrymyadzelets (2017-12-30 21:32:37)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-12-31 01:00:43

OK, yes, they look normal.

The usual cause for a problem like this would be an attempted upgrade to another Debian release or mixed sources, to investigate this further we need to see the output of:

apt-cache policy

I would also note that #! Waldorf is based on Debian wheezy which is now oldoldstable and completely unsupported.

As such, I strongly recommend that you re-install with a distribution based on a supported release.

We should hopefully have a new release out soon based on Debian 9 (stretch) and there are several other #!-like distributions available.

ohnonot · 2017-12-31 08:07:13

i suspect an upgrade has removed the crunchbang themes?
also the openbox theme has reverted to default.

brontosaurusrex · 2017-12-31 08:49:16

^ This or the themes are no longer compatible with current theme engines.

dmitrymyadzelets · 2017-12-31 11:18:00

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

... problem like this would be an attempted upgrade ...

This might be the case. Before I encountered the GUI problem I was struggling to upgrade nginx from version 1.6.? (which was the latest for my distro) to a newer one, and finally, to my surprise, "succeeded" to get the newest 1.13.4, adding two lines to the /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/debian/ wheezy nginx
deb-src http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/debian/ wheezy nginx

Meanwhile, the output:

$apt-cache policy
Package files:
 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     release a=now
 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu/ xenial/main Translation-en
 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu/ xenial/main i386 Packages
     release v=16.04,o=LP-PPA-webupd8team-java,a=xenial,n=xenial,l=Oracle Java (JDK) 8 / 9 Installer PPA,c=main
     origin ppa.launchpad.net
 500 https://download.sublimetext.com/ apt/stable/ Packages
     release o=Sublime Text,a=apt/stable,l=Sublime Text APT Repository,c=
     origin download.sublimetext.com
 500 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_5.x/ wheezy/main i386 Packages
     release o=Node Source,n=wheezy,l=Node Source,c=main
     origin deb.nodesource.com
 500 http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/debian/ wheezy/mongodb-org/3.0/main i386 Packages
     release o=mongodb,a=wheezy,n=wheezy/mongodb-org,l=mongodb,c=main
     origin repo.mongodb.org
 500 http://dl.google.com/linux/talkplugin/deb/ stable/main i386 Packages
     release v=1.0,o=Google, Inc.,a=stable,n=stable,l=Google,c=main
     origin dl.google.com
 500 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports/main Translation-en
 100 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports/main i386 Packages
     release v=,o=Debian Backports,a=wheezy-backports,n=wheezy-backports,l=Debian Backports,c=main
     origin httpredir.debian.org
 500 http://nginx.org/packages/mainline/debian/ wheezy/nginx i386 Packages
     release v=7.0,o=nginx,a=stable,n=wheezy,l=nginx,c=nginx
     origin nginx.org
 500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports/non-free Translation-en
 500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports/main Translation-en
 500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports/contrib Translation-en
 100 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports/non-free i386 Packages
     release v=,o=Debian Backports,a=wheezy-backports,n=wheezy-backports,l=Debian Backports,c=non-free
     origin ftp.de.debian.org
 100 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports/contrib i386 Packages
     release v=,o=Debian Backports,a=wheezy-backports,n=wheezy-backports,l=Debian Backports,c=contrib
     origin ftp.de.debian.org
 100 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports/main i386 Packages
     release v=,o=Debian Backports,a=wheezy-backports,n=wheezy-backports,l=Debian Backports,c=main
     origin ftp.de.debian.org
 500 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/main Translation-en
 500 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/main i386 Packages
     release v=7.0,o=Debian,a=oldoldstable,n=wheezy,l=Debian-Security,c=main
     origin security.debian.org
 500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy/non-free Translation-en
 500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy/main Translation-en
 500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy/contrib Translation-en
 500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy/non-free i386 Packages
     release v=7.11,o=Debian,a=oldoldstable,n=wheezy,l=Debian,c=non-free
     origin http.debian.net
 500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy/contrib i386 Packages
     release v=7.11,o=Debian,a=oldoldstable,n=wheezy,l=Debian,c=contrib
     origin http.debian.net
 500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy/main i386 Packages
     release v=7.11,o=Debian,a=oldoldstable,n=wheezy,l=Debian,c=main
     origin http.debian.net
Pinned packages:

Yes, I understand that the distribution I use is outdated, but I just couldn't afford any delay in my daily work (still can't figure out if I can upgrade to the stable distro from bunsenlabs without complete reinstall of all the tools I use). Will give it a try in January.

ohnonot · 2017-12-31 18:35:35

dmitrymyadzelets wrote:

 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu/ xenial/main Translation-en
 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu/ xenial/main i386 Packages
     release v=16.04,o=LP-PPA-webupd8team-java,a=xenial,n=xenial,l=Oracle Java (JDK) 8 / 9 Installer PPA,c=main
     origin ppa.launchpad.net

https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian … nkenDebian

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-12-31 21:09:50

^ +1

@dmitrymyadzelets, those sources have probably caused the problem you are experiencing and it can be a very tricky thing to fix, unfortunately.

I think you should take this opportunity back up all of your important files and look at migrating to a supported operating system.

dmitrymyadzelets · 2018-01-01 01:49:42

Ok, I got it, will make a clean installation. Thank you for your time, and Happy New Year!

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