[Solved] Problems with themes after upgrading to kde 4.6.1

burgulgoth · 2010-02-10 04:42:40

Hi, I have a problem after upgrading qt to version 4.6.1. I use awesome wm and only few application based on qt framework (vlc, wpa_gui, virtualbox) and they all look awful after upgrade. It's like there is no themes installed. I'll post a screenshot if it is necessarily.
Anyone have any idea?

Tnx

toxygen · 2010-02-10 05:03:32

i noticed some of the fonts have changed after the update today, and some things dont look right. post your screenshot and maybe someone else can tell us what's going on

goll · 2010-02-10 09:45:04

Yep, got the same problem here, I'm also an awesome wm user, a lot of my QT apps look awful, and if i select a different look, for example in SMplayer i select Plastique style and apply it, after i start the program again it just reverts to the messed up look I tried removing my .kde and .kde4 directories but that didn't make any difference...

burgulgoth · 2010-02-10 10:39:16

Here is my screenshot

burgulgoth · 2010-02-11 02:08:24

I also noticed that menus in qt applications aren't working.

_djm_ · 2010-02-11 02:52:50

I found that running qtconfig and selecting a GUI style other than "Desktop Settings (Default)" fixed the post-upgrade ugliness in QT apps (qct, for example)

toxygen · 2010-02-11 03:19:20

_djm_ wrote:

I found that running qtconfig and selecting a GUI style other than "Desktop Settings (Default)" fixed the post-upgrade ugliness in QT apps (qct, for example)

thanks for the tip, it definitely helps

burgulgoth · 2010-02-11 03:23:14

_djm_ wrote:

I found that running qtconfig and selecting a GUI style other than "Desktop Settings (Default)" fixed the post-upgrade ugliness in QT apps (qct, for example)

tnx, it helps!

anrxc · 2010-02-11 03:47:06

I also noticed that menus in qt applications aren't working.

I can confirm. All application menus are completely broken in multi monitor setups. They refuse to show if application is not on the main screen. When it is on the main screen they show but most of the time are broken - wrong position, wrong size etc.

goll · 2010-02-11 08:45:41

I just tried the qtconfig fix, no luck It seems the only style that works is if i select GTK+, i selected it in smplayer and it remembers the setting, if i try anything else it just reverts as soon as i run the program again.

hronsk · 2010-02-11 09:11:10

I have the problem that fonts are shown as single squares (in VLC; qtconfig etc.); I can't read anything. Happened after qt-update. Anyone experienced similar?

Xlator · 2010-02-12 02:02:10

hronsk wrote:

I have the problem that fonts are shown as single squares (in VLC; qtconfig etc.); I can't read anything. Happened after qt-update. Anyone experienced similar?

I got that too. It is driving me nuts. Currently trying to compile an old version of VLC with GTK.

burgulgoth · 2010-02-12 02:07:33

I noticed that menus in qt based applications works fine with xfce, it seems that problem occur only with tiling windows managers like awesome and multiple screens.

jck · 2010-02-12 06:25:10

I use awesomewm with multiple screens and i can confirm this bug. Where do i report this bug?

educev · 2010-02-13 01:34:11

Sorry for my bad English. For those who want return to Oxygen style, the solution is simply copy /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/styles/oxygen.so to /usr/lib/qt/plugins/styles. After, simply select the style in qtconfig. It work for me.

MarianoC · 2010-02-13 12:23:56

educev wrote:

Sorry for my bad English. For those who want return to Oxygen style, the solution is simply copy /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/styles/oxygen.so to /usr/lib/qt/plugins/styles. After, simply select the style in qtconfig. It work for me.

That solution solved my problem for now...Thanks!!

cookiecaper · 2010-02-14 10:17:54

anrxc wrote:

I also noticed that menus in qt applications aren't working.
I can confirm. All application menus are completely broken in multi monitor setups. They refuse to show if application is not on the main screen. When it is on the main screen they show but most of the time are broken - wrong position, wrong size etc.

Getting this too. Need it fixed soon, thanks.

cookiecaper · 2010-02-14 10:23:54

Reported bug at http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/18327

theringmaster · 2010-03-05 13:51:21

I also have the problem mentioned here.

1LordAnubis · 2010-03-10 02:43:27

educev wrote:

Sorry for my bad English. For those who want return to Oxygen style, the solution is simply copy /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/styles/oxygen.so to /usr/lib/qt/plugins/styles. After, simply select the style in qtconfig. It work for me.

Wow, thank you; this is the only thing I've found to work

ilpianista · 2011-03-07 17:40:30

hi all,
when you need a qt theme installed into /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/ you've to add that path to your QT_PLUGIN_PATH.

I'm still trying to understand what changed from KDE 4.6.0, however that's the solution for the WMs (KDE sets it in startkde)

EDIT: here the KDE 4.6.1 change

petelewis · 2011-03-07 17:58:23

I updated the wiki to tell people this:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/KD … leshooting

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#1 2010-02-10 04:42:40

[Solved] Problems with themes after upgrading to kde 4.6.1

#2 2010-02-10 05:03:32

Re: [Solved] Problems with themes after upgrading to kde 4.6.1

#3 2010-02-10 09:45:04

Re: [Solved] Problems with themes after upgrading to kde 4.6.1

#4 2010-02-10 10:39:16

Re: [Solved] Problems with themes after upgrading to kde 4.6.1

#5 2010-02-11 02:08:24

Re: [Solved] Problems with themes after upgrading to kde 4.6.1

#6 2010-02-11 02:52:50

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Re: [Solved] Problems with themes after upgrading to kde 4.6.1

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Re: [Solved] Problems with themes after upgrading to kde 4.6.1

#9 2010-02-11 03:47:06

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#10 2010-02-11 08:45:41

Re: [Solved] Problems with themes after upgrading to kde 4.6.1

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#17 2010-02-14 10:17:54

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#19 2010-03-05 13:51:21

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#20 2010-03-10 02:43:27

Re: [Solved] Problems with themes after upgrading to kde 4.6.1

#21 2011-03-07 17:40:30

Re: [Solved] Problems with themes after upgrading to kde 4.6.1

#22 2011-03-07 17:58:23

Re: [Solved] Problems with themes after upgrading to kde 4.6.1

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