VMware 5.5 uses unthemed GTK after GTK+ 2.8.9 update

kastorff · Last edited by kastorff on Thu Dec 22, 2005 5:42 am; edited 1 time in total

After updating to GTK+ 2.8.9, VMware 5.5 now uses GTK1 instead of GTK2 to render it's interface. Reverting to GTK 2.8.8 fixes the issue. Is there another option?
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M-Z · Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 10:06 pm Post subject:

I think it is not gtk1, but gtk2 with bad fonts and theme.

kastorff · Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:24 am Post subject:

rev · n00b Joined: 17 May 2005 Posts: 9 Location: Moscow, Russia

M-Z is right. What we see is unthemed GTK2.

kastorff · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 5:33 am Post subject:

Anyone got a fix? VMware Workstation 5.5.1.19175 still has the same problem.
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Lokheed · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 7:52 am Post subject:

Actually this new version shows this problem with GTK+ 2.8.8.

I checked the error log and it shows this:

/opt/vmware/workstation/lib/bin/vmware: /opt/vmware/workstation/lib/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_3.4' not found (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)

Looks like something maybe with a bad version number?
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kastorff · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 12:17 pm Post subject:

Hmmm...on my machine, at least for the moment, 5.5.0.x or 5.5.1.x both theme correctly with GTK+ 2.8.8 and not with GTK+ 2.8.9. I wonder if it's a mixture of stuff?
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Lokheed · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 11:47 pm Post subject:

Might be cairo at fault then. I started a thread in the VM forums:

https://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=28784&tstart=0

I will file a bug under cairo. I assume you too are running cairo? Perhaps its a cairo component in GTK? But that wouldnt explain why mine broke with 2.8.8.
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kastorff · Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 7:36 am Post subject:

I have cairo 1.0.2 installed as a dependency of Gnome 2.12.x, but I can't say I use it, at least I haven't changed any options to compile support for it.
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asiobob · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 12:13 am Post subject:

crap I have this issue as well!!

vmware: 5.5.1 build-19175
x11-libs/gtk+-2.8.9

also starting vmware from the command line shows this...

sura@synapse ~/Desktop $ vmware
*** attempt to put segment in horiz list twice

Then it runs, ugly but still works

I've had vmware 5.5.something on gnome 2.12 looking normal before

asiobob · Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 10:21 am Post subject:

Any progress?

mgorbach · n00b Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 51

judging by the gcc 3.4.4, this has to do with an upgrade to 3.4.4 gcc.

asiobob · Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 7:51 am Post subject:

I've run GCC 3.4.4 for ages, dare I say nearly a year. It's something else...
Probably a vmware update as well

mixmasta · Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:07 am Post subject:

me too, I just upgraded to 5.5 after not using it for a while only to have it come up butt-ugly. At least it is working again though. What does the guy at vmware say here?

asiobob · Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:41 am Post subject:

Please comment on bug: 117863 which i created regarding this issue, I think we can have some better outcomes using bugzilla

kastorff · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 1:15 pm Post subject:

The problem still exists with GTK+ 2.8.10 (and 2.8.11) on my machine. My guess is only the VMware folks can fix this...
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asiobob · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 8:57 pm Post subject:

yep, my gentoo bugzilla bug got marked invalid

flowolf · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 22 Jun 2003 Posts: 143

gtk+-2.8.12 and same problem here.
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Lokheed · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:50 pm Post subject:

GTK+ 2.8.13 makes vmware unable to even start for me. I would be at least happy if I could get it to load. I am beyond frustrated to the point of getting pissed off. The devs at vmware keep putting this off as not their issue when it clearly is. When GNOME 2.14 goes public (which requires the new GTK and others), this is going to affect not only us, but a ton of people who will update to the new GNOME only to see vmware break. God I hate closed source. If this was OSS, there wouldnt be any need to have some preloaded set of libraries...how stupid is that....

:evil:

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sternklang · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:57 pm Post subject:

I've been running Gnome 2.13/14 for a couple of months now. I have the same problem, but not just with VMWare -- it seems like all precompiled binaries have this issue. I run into it with openoffice-bin, firefox-bin as well. However, my problem may be slightly different.

I filed an upstream bug -- it was related to errors from the Clearlooks GTK engine. The developer indicated that if the theme engine hit an unknown keyword, it would fail to initialize, so we'd have an unthemed interface. He indicated he was going to fix this behavior, but I've seen no changed engine come through with a fix so far. I just left another comment on the bug asking about when this fix would be released.

kastorff · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:11 am Post subject:

VMware 5.5.1 build-19175 still functions for me with GTK+ 2.8.13, but exhibits the unthemed behavior.

That's an interesting tidbit about Clearlooks though...I use Clearlooks as my daily theme.
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sternklang · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:42 pm Post subject:

Kastorff: It's the 2.14 version of Clearlooks that is the problem, I never ran into it with the Gnome 2.12 version.

Lokheed: I'm now at GTK+ 2.8.13 as well and VMWare 5.5.1.19175 starts for me with no problem. Perhaps your issue is unrelated to GTK+?

Lokheed · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:52 am Post subject:

sternklang · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:12 pm Post subject:

Ah, but I know from Planet Gnome that a couple of Gnome developers work for VMWare and must no doubt be aware of this issue. So when the version of Cairo that breaks VMWare is actually released, there will probably be an updated VMWare that handles it.

Lokheed · Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:26 am Post subject: