Vmware workstation + GTK2 themes

n0gabor · 2006-10-30 21:33:01

I saw screenshots of vmware workstation running on ubuntu, and it was using the ubuntu default gtk2 theme. On Archlinux it uses the default and ugly win98 like gtk2 theme ( i use clearlooks applied by gtk-theme-switch2 or gtk-qt-engine). How to apply my theme to vmware?

n0gabor · 2006-11-05 16:45:51

it drops the following in the console:

/opt/vmware/lib/bin/vmware: /opt/vmware/lib/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
/opt/vmware/lib/bin/vmware: /opt/vmware/lib/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
/opt/vmware/lib/bin/vmware: /opt/vmware/lib/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
/usr/share/themes/QtCurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:146: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "22x22/actions/about_kde.png"
/usr/share/themes/QtCurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:147: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "32x32/actions/about_kde.png"
/usr/share/themes/QtCurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:148: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "16x16/actions/about_kde.png"
/usr/share/themes/QtCurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:149: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "16x16/actions/about_kde.png"
/usr/share/themes/QtCurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:150: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "16x16/actions/about_kde.png"
/usr/share/themes/QtCurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:151: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "32x32/actions/about_kde.png"
/usr/share/themes/QtCurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:152: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "22x22/actions/about_kde.png"
/usr/share/themes/QtCurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:155: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "22x22/actions/add.png"
/usr/share/themes/QtCurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:156: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "32x32/actions/add.png"
/usr/share/themes/QtCurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:157: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "16x16/actions/add.png"
/usr/share/themes/QtCurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:158: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "16x16/actions/add.png"
/usr/share/themes/QtCurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:159: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "16x16/actions/add.png"
/usr/share/themes/QtCurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:160: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "32x32/actions/add.png"
/usr/share/themes/QtCurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:161: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "22x22/actions/add.png"
/usr/share/themes/QtCurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:164: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "22x22/actions/apply.png"
/usr/share/themes/QtCurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:165: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "32x32/actions/apply.png"
/usr/share/themes/QtCurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:166: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "16x16/actions/apply.png"
/usr/share/themes/QtCurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:167: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "16x16/actions/apply.png"
/usr/share/themes/QtCurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:168: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "16x16/actions/apply.png"
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etc
etc

Romashka · 2006-11-05 17:12:42

It was reported before, but vmware-player maintainer cannot reproduce this and thus, cannot fix. See the AUR page for vmware-player for details. If you can provide pizzapunk with details how to reproduce this, maybe he can fix it.

This comment may help you:

Are you using gtk-qt-engine? If yes then try another GTK-engine.
Could you set the VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK environment variable before running vmplayer:
export VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=force
or
export VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=yes
or
export VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=no
If nothing of this helps, then I'm out of ideas.

stonecrest · 2006-11-05 17:38:38

For what it's worth, vmware-player picks up the GTK2 theme just fine. I had the same problem back when I was using vmware-workstation though, it would fallback to the GTK theme. I never really looked into it because I didn't care much, but.. yeah, just chiming in. Maybe there is some difference in the two PKGBUILDs (or install scripts) that accounts for this.

Romashka · 2006-11-05 18:12:02

stonecrest wrote:

For what it's worth, vmware-player picks up the GTK2 theme just fine.

I have vmware-workstation and it doesn't pick current GTK theme (I use Xfce). It fallbacks to ugly default theme instead.

stonecrest · 2006-11-05 18:49:23

Romashka wrote:

stonecrest wrote:
For what it's worth, vmware-player picks up the GTK2 theme just fine.
I have vmware-workstation and it doesn't pick current GTK theme (I use Xfce). It fallbacks to ugly default theme instead.

Sorry, I thought it was using the GTK theme instead of GTK2 theme, I didn't realize it was just the default GTK2 theme. But anyway, we are in agreement. vmware-workstation doesn't work correctly, vmware-player does.

Romashka · 2006-11-05 19:21:47

stonecrest wrote:

Sorry, I thought it was using the GTK theme instead of GTK2 theme, I didn't realize it was just the default GTK2 theme. But anyway, we are in agreement. vmware-workstation doesn't work correctly, vmware-player does.

I don't know if vmware-workstation uses Default GTK2 theme from system, or bundled GTK2, but I will recheck this, 'cause I now maintain vmware-workstation.
I'm not sure about vmware-player. I used VMware Player bundled with Workstation, but IIRC it looks the same as Workstation. :?
I will check this tomorrow.

stonecrest · 2006-11-05 19:44:21

Oh, I am using the vmware-player standalone package, this is where it works correctly. I don't know that I ever tried vmware player in the workstation package.

n0gabor · 2006-11-05 20:56:27

vmware-player in vmware-workstation package uses the gtk2 themes as well, only the vmware-workstation doesn't

Romashka · 2006-11-05 21:59:40

n0gabor wrote:

vmware-player in vmware-workstation package uses the gtk2 themes as well, only the vmware-workstation doesn't

Thanks for info.
Does vmware-workstation use system GTK2 theme when VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=no ? (I cannot check this now)

n0gabor · 2006-11-07 08:57:40

[gabor@deathstar vmware-workstation]$ VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=no vmware
/opt/vmware/lib/bin/vmware: /opt/vmware/lib/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)

and the application doesn't start

Romashka · 2006-11-07 11:10:53

n0gabor wrote:

[gabor@deathstar vmware-workstation]$ VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=no vmware
/opt/vmware/lib/bin/vmware: /opt/vmware/lib/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)

and the application doesn't start

I'll take a look on it today (as I'm the maintainer now and it's my duty).

n0gabor · 2006-11-07 17:25:35

i updated to the most recent version frm ABS, and now it picks up the GTK2 theme. the only error (or warning) message is:

/opt/vmware/lib/bin/vmware: /opt/vmware/lib/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)

Romashka · 2006-11-07 21:47:14

n0gabor wrote:

i updated to the most recent version frm ABS, and now it picks up the GTK2 theme. the only error (or warning) message is:
/opt/vmware/lib/bin/vmware: /opt/vmware/lib/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)

The only?

What about this AUR comment:

Comment by: scarecrow on 20061105 [10:57:58]
There's a minor glitch when running vmware-config.pl :
desktop-file-install created an invalid desktop file!
Use of uninitialized value in addition (+) at /opt/vmware/bin/vmware-config.pl line 804, line 19.
Unable to install the .desktop menu entry file. You must add it to your menus
by hand.
Other than that, the package is fine.

Is this valid for you too?

Acid7711 · 2006-11-10 06:40:22

I had this error too. I fixed it by:

mv /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0.org

ln -s /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/

I hope that helps and is relevant to what you were referring too?

n0gabor · 2006-11-10 09:21:30

Romashka wrote:

n0gabor wrote:
i updated to the most recent version frm ABS, and now it picks up the GTK2 theme. the only error (or warning) message is:
/opt/vmware/lib/bin/vmware: /opt/vmware/lib/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
The only?
What about this AUR comment:
Comment by: scarecrow on 20061105 [10:57:58]
There's a minor glitch when running vmware-config.pl :
desktop-file-install created an invalid desktop file!
Use of uninitialized value in addition (+) at /opt/vmware/bin/vmware-config.pl line 804, line 19.
Unable to install the .desktop menu entry file. You must add it to your menus
by hand.
Other than that, the package is fine.
Is this valid for you too?

no, it installed fine...

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#1 2006-10-30 21:33:01

Vmware workstation + GTK2 themes

#2 2006-11-05 16:45:51

Re: Vmware workstation + GTK2 themes

#3 2006-11-05 17:12:42

Re: Vmware workstation + GTK2 themes

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Re: Vmware workstation + GTK2 themes

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