Re: Strange broken icons / window close,minimize,maximize buttons

[Frank <be...@vi...>]

On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:47:24 +0100
pha...@ph... wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Many thanks for the response.  This happens with all of the themes
> that come with icewm (including the default).  I have downloaded a
> couple of themes from the net, but they have been even worse (black
> toolbar, etc). Do the current default themes use gradients also?
> If not, are there any other possible explanations?
> 
> Best,
> 
> P
> On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:35:11 -0400, "Frank" <be...@vi...>
> said:
> > On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:32:44 +0100
> > pha...@ph... wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > We are attempting to use icewm on a Freebsd 8.0-Beta2 (64 bit)
> > > system and have never used icewm before.  When I install the
> > > latest version of icewm (whether building from source or
> > > installing the latest freebsd port), all icons are broken
> > > including minimize, maximize, etc.  They appear as strange
> > > colours that change when the mouse pointer runs across them (if
> > > installed via the Freebsd ports system) or a series of lines.
> > > I had a look at the xpm files in the icon directory with a
> > > graphics viewer and they seem fine.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >   This happens with Icewm when you pick a theme that uses
> > gradients and Icewm doesn't support gradients. Others have
> > complained about it.
> > 

    You can try commenting out the gradients line in
    the default.theme file in whatever directory the troublesome
theme is located. Sometimes it works...other times it doesn't.
There is no other solution I know off. What version of IceWm are you
using?
Personally I have switched window managers to FluxBox because of this
and other problems with IceWm.


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Frank<be...@vi...>