*solved-GTK apps display incorrectly (menus smushed together, etc)

subterra · 2016-11-02 23:13:53

I recently installed Bunsenlabs, and it's fantastic, but I'm having an odd issue. So far, I've updated rc.xml, and menu.xml, and I've added some themes and icons (which actually broke the system at first, since I also deleted a few that, it turns out, are absolutely necessary). Now some apps, like pavucontrol and seahorse display in a very odd way:

1. pavucontrol is missing all of the volume slide controls (the slide bars between 0 and 100%) and all the dropdown menus (eg, playback, recording, etc.) are way too close together. Also, the outlines around everything are gone.

2. all the menus in seahorse are way too close together. Also, all outlines are gone (eg, the outlines around cancel/continue buttons are gone)

3. Catfish is also missing all outlines (eg, there is no outline around the search box, so you can't actually see where it is).

As I type this, I realize galculator also has this problem.

Obviously, I've removed something I shouldn't have. And, it seems that all the affected apps use GTK+.

I'm not knowledgeable enough to know what I've done that could have caused GTK apps to display improperly. I'm hoping someone here is.

Thanks.

Last edited by subterra (2016-11-03 02:02:42)

damo · 2016-11-03 00:16:15

Sounds like a messed up gtk3 theme - which ones have you tried? Do you still have the issue with the default BL gtk themes?

subterra · 2016-11-03 00:25:40

I am currently using "Bunsen" as a theme and "Numix Circle" as an icon theme. However, even when I switch back to "Faenza-Bunsen" as an icon theme, the problem persists.

damo · 2016-11-03 00:38:13

I wonder if you have uninstalled a necessary library, like libgtk-3-0.

What is the output of

apt-cache policy bunsen-themes libgtk-3-0

Perhaps reinstalling bunsen-themes may restore any missing packages?

You haven't tried installing gnome themes by any chance have you?

subterra · 2016-11-03 01:10:39

Interestingly, when I look up bunsen-themes in synaptic, it is not installed. When I try to install it, I get the following error:

bunsen-themes:
Depends: libgtk-3-0 (<3.20) but 3.22.2-1 is to be installed

When I run the command you suggested, I get:

bunsen-themes:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 8.3.1-2
Version table:
8.3.1-2 500
500 http://pkg.bunsenlabs.org/debian bunsen-hydrogen/main amd64 Packages
500 http://pkg.bunsenlabs.org/debian bunsen-hydrogen/main i386 Packages
libgtk-3-0:
Installed: 3.22.2-1
Candidate: 3.22.2-1
Version table:
*** 3.22.2-1 500
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3.14.5-1+deb8u1 500
500 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie/main amd64 Packages
3.4.2-7+deb7u1 500
500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian oldstable/main amd64 Packages

damo · 2016-11-03 01:37:32

subterra wrote:

I recently installed Bunsenlabs,.... So far, I've updated rc.xml, and menu.xml, and I've added some themes and icons .....

And didn't mention that you had messed about with your sources - you now have a FrankenDebian system: DontBreakDebian

The easiest way out of it is to reinstall

Remember the bl-welcome screens at first boot? You had to answer "I understand" when informed about the risks of mixing sources.

Last edited by damo (2016-11-03 01:51:06)

subterra · 2016-11-03 01:51:36

damo wrote:

And messed about with your sources it seems - you now have a FrankenDebian system: DontBreakDebian

I was going to ask what you meant by this, until I realized I'm a ******* idiot. I took the sources.list file from an old install and pasted most of it into the sources.list for this one.

ugh.

Thanks.

Is there a way to mark this "solved"?

Last edited by subterra (2016-11-03 01:53:09)

damo · 2016-11-03 01:53:13

^ All part of the learning process

(Best to learn from other peoples error's though )

EDIT: You can edit the title of your first post yourself. Although it isn't actually "SOLVED" I guess.

BTW the definitive BL sources are described here: Sources - sources.list and backports details

Last edited by damo (2016-11-03 01:56:38)

Naik · 2016-11-03 14:27:53

I have the exact same problem because bunsen-themes is not insatllable on sid/stretch systems...
Is there any way around this, or will i just have to live with it?

naik@BL-TX:~$ apt-cache policy bunsen-themes libgtk-3-0
bunsen-themes:
  Installiert:           (keine)
  Installationskandidat: 8.3.1-2
  Versionstabelle:
     8.3.1-2 500
        500 http://pkg.bunsenlabs.org/debian bunsen-hydrogen/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://pkg.bunsenlabs.org/debian bunsen-hydrogen/main i386 Packages
libgtk-3-0:
  Installiert:           3.22.2-1
  Installationskandidat: 3.22.2-1
  Versionstabelle:
 *** 3.22.2-1 800
        800 http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 Packages
        700 http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

naik --greetz

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-11-03 18:23:32

Naik wrote:

I have the exact same problem because bunsen-themes is not insatllable on sid/stretch systems...
Is there any way around this, or will i just have to live with it?

Unpack the .deb and change the libgtk-3-0 dependency in debian/control then rebuild the .deb and install it.

Naik · 2016-11-04 07:37:31

^ Thanks! It couldn`t have been easier.

naik@BL-TX:~$ apt-cache policy bunsen-themes libgtk-3-0
bunsen-themes:
  Installiert:           8.3.1-2
  Installationskandidat: 8.3.1-2
  Versionstabelle:
     8.3.1-2 500
        500 http://pkg.bunsenlabs.org/debian bunsen-hydrogen/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://pkg.bunsenlabs.org/debian bunsen-hydrogen/main i386 Packages
 *** 8.3.1-2 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libgtk-3-0:
  Installiert:           3.22.2-1
  Installationskandidat: 3.22.2-1
  Versionstabelle:
 *** 3.22.2-1 800
        800 http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 Packages
        700 http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

will now reboot to see whether it took the desired effekt...

naik --greetz

Last edited by Naik (2016-11-04 07:37:57)

Naik · 2016-11-04 08:26:05

Update:

The desired effect was not reached by completing the above task and installing bunsen-themes.

are there maybe other dependencies i could have a look for?

naik --greetz

Last edited by Naik (2016-11-04 08:27:27)

damo · 2016-11-04 13:38:22

Naik wrote:

Update:
The desired effect was not reached by completing the above task and installing bunsen-themes....

What was the "desired effect"?

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-11-04 22:10:58

Naik wrote:

The desired effect was not reached

As far as I know, the BunsenLabs themes do not support the latest GTK+ 3 standards and so will not work properly for programs using that toolkit.

I would recommend Arc, or perhaps Adapta, for GTK+ 3 themes.

Naik · 2016-11-05 09:24:14

damo wrote:

Naik wrote:
Update:
The desired effect was not reached by completing the above task and installing bunsen-themes....
What was the "desired effect"?

it would have been to get back readable menues, outlined tabs, visible checkboxes and the like as OP suggested.

@Head_on_a_Stick: building adapta-theme went like a charm, but i don`t like the white/blue background and would have hoped for something more "blackish".. but i will see whether i could tweak the bg-color.
But things look better with this theme so thanks for the tip anyways!

naik --greetz

Last edited by Naik (2016-11-06 11:25:07)

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*solved-GTK apps display incorrectly (menus smushed together, etc)

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