[regression] Gtk+ settings ignored for icons on bookmark bar and font sizes of bookmark bar and menus

[Chow Loong Jin]

With the update of Chromium (33.0.1750.152-0ubuntu1~pkg995.1 -> 34.0.1847.116-0ubuntu2) in trusty today, Chromium has stopped honouring my Gtk+ font size settings in the tab bar, location bar, bookmark bar, and menus (context menu).

Additionally, the folder icons in the bookmark bar have also switched to some odd generic yellow icons.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: chromium-browser 34.0.1847.116-0ubuntu2
Uname: Linux 3.14.0-hyper1 x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Apr 16 10:25:35 2014
Desktop-Session:
 DESKTOP_SESSION = ubuntu
 XDG_CONFIG_DIRS = /etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/usr/share/upstart/xdg:/etc/xdg
 XDG_DATA_DIRS = /usr/share/ubuntu:/usr/share/gnome:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/
Env:
 MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH = None
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH = None
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-03-03 (43 days ago)
chromium-default:
 CHROMIUM_FLAGS=""
 [ -f /usr/lib/pepperflashplugin-nonfree/etc-chromium-default.txt ] && . /usr/lib/pepperflashplugin-nonfree/etc-chromium-default.txt
gconf-keys: /desktop/gnome/applications/browser/exec = b'/usr/bin/chromium-browser\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/command = b'/usr/bin/chromium-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command = b'/usr/bin/chromium-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager = b'compiz\n'/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager = b'false\n'/desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme = b'elementary-mono-dark\n'/desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme = b'Ambiance\n'
modified.conffile..etc.chromium.browser.default: [modified]
modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium.browser: [deleted]
mtime.conffile..etc.chromium.browser.default: 2014-02-21T12:15:49.023249

[Chow Loong Jin (hyperair)]

It seems like Chromium is having issues rendering things in the Ubuntu font at size 8. The font rendering inside and outside of Chromium looks sane on both size 7 and 9, but not at 8.

[Chow Loong Jin (hyperair)]

On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 02:50:37AM -0000, Chow Loong Jin wrote:
> It seems like Chromium is having issues rendering things in the Ubuntu
> font at size 8. The font rendering inside and outside of Chromium looks
> sane on both size 7 and 9, but not at 8.

Ah, heck, I just realized all these inconsistencies come from Aura suddenly
being enabled:

chromium-browser (34.0.1847.116-0ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
  [...]
  * debian/rules: Enable high-DPI. Enable touch support. These require
    using Aura toolkit.

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Kind regards,
Loong Jin

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Chow Loong Jin (hyperair)]

For those who can't stand the ugliness, here's a build of chromium-browser without Aura for the time being: https://launchpad.net/~hyperair/+archive/staging/+sourcepub/4089039/+listing-archive-extra

You'll lose high-DPI and touch support, but not everyone needs those.