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Lee PHP |
Subject: |
Having a problem in Ubuntu - sudo's windows fading to gray / appearing empty |
Date: |
Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:59:06 -0700 |
Hi there,
I've been using Linux for a while, but I may not be up to speed on the
terminology to use, so please bare with me. I installed Ubuntu 7.04 on
Monday, and haven't really had any issues until now. I have a couple
of issues actually, and I think they're all related (to GKSU). Some
windows that open are now empty (minus the window title), or open
fine, but fade to gray after a few seconds. These issues are described
below:
(1) I originally posted this on
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=472695:
Some of the applications I run fade to gray a few seconds after I open
them. E.g. if I do `sudo gedit` and enter a valid password, the Gedit
window appears, but the white screen fades to gray after a few seconds
- I can no longer resize it, or type in it. If I type `sudo gedit`
again, and am not prompted for my password, no window appears.
address@hidden:~$ sudo gedit
Password:
# GEDIT OPENS UP, BUT FADES TO GRAY BECOMING UNUSABLE.
address@hidden:~$ sudo gedit
# GEDIT DOESN'T OPEN
address@hidden:~$ ps -ef | grep -i gedit
lee 21207 14395 0 07:36 pts/0 00:00:00 grep -i gedit
# NOTHING TO SEE HERE; MOVE ALONG
This only happens for a few applications. Calling `sudo emacs` works
perfectly well. Calling `gedit` (without the sudo) also works
perfectly well. This problem occured in Eclipse also, but I think
fixed that by just resizing the screen. Does anyone know what the
problem might be, or where I might look to find relevant logs/errors?
Could this be related to my other issue posted in this forum
(http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=472684Problem with theme
gtkrc file - stopping DBVisualizer)?
(2) I posted this on :
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2836275#post2836275
Hi there,
I'm trying to run the installation file for DBVisualizer, but it
displays an empty window with the title, "Setup - DBVisualizer 5.1.1",
and gives the following error message in the terminal:
address@hidden:~/Applications$ ./dbvis_linux_5_1_1.sh
Starting Installer ...
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:34: error: lexical error
or unexpected token, expected valid token
Line 34 of that file contains the following:
fg[NORMAL] = @fg_color #"#000000" # black
When I change it to the following, it has a problem with the next line:
fg[NORMAL] = "#000000" # black
When I go through the whole file and delete all @<VARIABLE>
references, it just displays a blank window.
Can anyone tell me what the problem may be, or how I can work around
it? I tried changing my window themes, but I get the same error for
them (just a different file name and line number).
Thanks in advance for your thoughts. Apologies if this is
inappropriate for this mailing list.
Thanks,
LeePR
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