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rainbowdashc

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Registered: 2013-09-30

Posts: 70

Google Earth x86_64 uses Windows 95-style look instead of QGtkStyle

Title says it all... using the vanilla google-earth package from the AUR works just fine out of the box, the only thing that bothers me is its appearance. Since the Qt libraries bundled with Google Earth by default in /opt/google/chrome/free/ are 1. prebuilt for Ubuntu, and 2. are 32-bit, it would theoretically mean that these libraries could be replaced with those in the multilib package lib32-qt4 in the main repositories (using the actual libraries, of course, instead of the symbolic links - e.g., copying libQtCore.4.8.6.so instead of libQtCore.4.so to the directory under the latter name.) However, this results in Google Earth not being launchable. Are there any known solutions/ways to improve GE's appearance? No font issues, by the way.

Edit: Well, removed all packages installed with my attempted fixes, cleaned up the mess of config files and leftover junk in /opt/google/earth/free, and now it's using.... Clearlooks....?

...and now it's using GTK+ colors with W95 style, which I guess is better.

Last edited by rainbowdashc (2014-06-27 01:19:54)

Foucault

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From: Athens, Greece

Registered: 2010-04-06

Posts: 222

Re: Google Earth x86_64 uses Windows 95-style look instead of QGtkStyle

If google earth is not natively 64bit then you probably need the lib32 version of your current theme engine; for example if you are using a murrine-based (gtk-engine-murrine) theme you should install the lib32 version as well (lib32-gtk-engine-murrine from AUR).

Last edited by Foucault (2014-06-26 23:17:40)

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rainbowdashc

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Registered: 2013-09-30

Posts: 70

Re: Google Earth x86_64 uses Windows 95-style look instead of QGtkStyle

I tried. No effect whatsoever. I'd already set Qt to use QGtkStyle, no difference with lib32-gtk-engine-murrine (only engine needed).

Last edited by rainbowdashc (2014-06-27 01:19:38)