Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3138 mails)

[Ged <ged.suse@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ged wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I recently updated my SuSE 9.1 system using the rpm's from the 
> following:  http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/usr-local-bin/9.1
>
> Originally I had trouble with Pango and I couldn't open most apps, but 
> after running YaST and allowing the config scripts to run I can now 
> open everything again.
>
> However, in some programs like firefox and xchat, all my GUI has 
> changed to a very basic design.
> If I open them from the shell I get the following error:
>
> Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "qtengine"
>
> Also, firefox gives a very strange output which I'm sure it didn't do 
> before:
>
> ged@linux:~> /opt/firefox/firefox
> (QFA)Talkback error: Can't initialize.
>
>
> Does anyone know how to fix this as I would like my modern looking 
> system back.
>
> Thanks.

Appologies, I have just compiled and installed gtk-qt-engine and all is 
now fine. (although I don't understand fully what was going wrong if 
someone would care to explain.

Thanks