Difficulty accessing "Appearance Preferences" tabs

[sm13]

Binary package hint: xorg

In Gutsy, when I try to access the "Visual Effects" tab under Appearance Preferences, it seems to work normally at first (on a fresh reboot), but if I make a change, the window that should ask if I want to keep the new settings is an empty box. I can close this window by using the "Enter" key.

If I then try to reopen the Appearance Preferences, it doesn't register clicks on the "Background," "Fonts," etc. tabs. I can, however, change the Theme but when I choose different one, it doesn't highlight my new choices after I click on them. For instance, if I click on Clearlooks, it changes the way the windows look, as it should, but does not highlight that selection in the window. If I minimize this window or move it to the background and then give it focus again, it displays as an empty window with the exception of "Appearance Preferences" at the top.

I'm on a Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop with Intel graphics. I've been using Gutsy since it was introduced and never had this problem before when changing appearance preferences. Now it seems to always behave this way.

[Nanley Chery (nanoman)]

Does your problem seem similar to Bug #154871 ?

[sm13 (buntz-brian)]

Yes, the part about the window's contents not changing, but the controls
responding to clicks is similar. In my problem, the icons are rendering at
all; the window is displaying as completely blank. Instead of the tabs
looking wrong, they are completely absent. But I can change the settings in
the gconf-editor.

the window's
  contents apparently don't change, but its controls respond to clicks,

On Dec 7, 2007 3:25 PM, Nanley Chery <email address hidden> wrote:

> Does your problem seem similar to Bug #154871 ?
>
> ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Nanley Chery (nanoman)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> Difficulty accessing "Appearance Preferences" tabs
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173308
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[Nanley Chery (nanoman)]

Could you attach a screenshot of the problem? Also, do you have gtk-qt-engine installed? And does this problem happen without it?

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

Application bug, not xorg.

[sm13 (buntz-brian)]

Screenshot

[Nanley Chery (nanoman)]

Thank you for the screenshot. Do you have gtk-qt-engine installed? Can you check to see if the problem persists after removing it (if you do)?

[sm13 (buntz-brian)]

I did have the gtk-qt-engine installed. I removed it and the problem seems
to be resolved. Thank you! Why would it cause that problem?

On Jan 20, 2008 3:24 PM, Nanley Chery <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thank you for the screenshot. Do you have gtk-qt-engine installed? Can
> you check to see if the problem persists after removing it (if you do)?
>
> --
> Difficulty accessing "Appearance Preferences" tabs
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173308
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[Nanley Chery (nanoman)]

It seems to be a bug in gtk-qt-engine.