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Philip Webb

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Sep 13, 2016, 2:20:03 PM9/13/16
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I've updated to KDE 5 , incl Gwenview + Oxygen-icons,
but even after a reboot the icons are not showing on the screen ;
it also occurs with Kshisen. The problem cb seen at
http://chass.utoronto.ca/~purslow/test/kde5-gwenview.png

Can anyone suggest what I've missed ?

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Alan McKinnon

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Sep 13, 2016, 4:30:03 PM9/13/16
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On 13/09/2016 20:15, Philip Webb wrote:
> I've updated to KDE 5 , incl Gwenview + Oxygen-icons,
> but even after a reboot the icons are not showing on the screen ;
> it also occurs with Kshisen. The problem cb seen at
> http://chass.utoronto.ca/~purslow/test/kde5-gwenview.png
>
> Can anyone suggest what I've missed ?
>


There was this thread about a month ago, the Subject was "Icons and KDE":

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 14:22:52 -0500
»Q« <box...@gmx.net> wrote:

> I have a panel with several Quicklaunch widgets. There, I see icons
> for many of the launchers, but not others -- I just see blank space
> where they should be.

Also affected was the Kmenu.

Today, kde-plasma/plasma-integration was added as a dependency of
kde-plasma/plasma-workspace. After emerging it and logging out and
back in, all the icons are displayed.




It's worth a look and a try - hey you nothing to lose :-)

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P Levine

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Sep 13, 2016, 8:00:03 PM9/13/16
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Are you using those programs from within a running KDE 5 environment?
If so, did you set oxygen as the active icon theme in systemsettings?

Philip Webb

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Sep 15, 2016, 4:20:04 PM9/15/16
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160913 P Levine wrote:
> 160913 Philip Webb wrote:
>> I've updated to KDE 5 , incl Gwenview + Oxygen-icons,
>> but even after a reboot the icons are not showing on the screen ;
>> it also occurs with Kshisen. The problem cb seen at
>> http://chass.utoronto.ca/~purslow/test/kde5-gwenview.png
> Are you using those programs from within a running KDE 5 environment?
> If so, did you set oxygen as the active icon theme in systemsettings?

No, I'm using Fluxbox to manage my desktop, but want to use KDE apps.
I've installed Systemsettings,
but 'systemsettings5' offers a rather limited choice
-- see http://chass.utoronto.ca/~purslow/test/kde5-ssettings1.png
http://chass.utoronto.ca/~purslow/test/kde5-ssettings2.png
& setting icon theme to Oxygen makes no difference to Gwenview.

Thanks so far ; any further suggestions are most welcome.

P Levine

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Sep 15, 2016, 5:00:04 PM9/15/16
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Try running this in a shell:
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=kde gwenview

If it solves the issue, you will need to export "XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=kde". See here for more info: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1501729#p1501729

Philip Webb

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Sep 15, 2016, 5:50:02 PM9/15/16
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160915 P Levine wrote:
> Try running this in a shell:
> XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=kde gwenview
> If it solves the issue,
> you will need to export "XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=kde".
> See here for more info:
> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1501729#p1501729

The OP of that thread seems to have experienced what I am experiencing.
No, you suggestion (thanks) makes no difference.

Philip Webb

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Sep 16, 2016, 11:20:03 AM9/16/16
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160915 P Levine wrote:
>> 160913 Philip Webb wrote:
>> I've updated to KDE 5 , incl Gwenview + Oxygen-icons,
>> but even after a reboot the icons are not showing on the screen ;
>> it also occurs with Kshisen. The problem cb seen at
>> http://chass.utoronto.ca/~purslow/test/kde5-gwenview.png
>> I'm using Fluxbox to manage my desktop, but want to use KDE apps.
>> I've installed Systemsettings,
>> but 'systemsettings5' offers a rather limited choice
>> -- see http://chass.utoronto.ca/~purslow/test/kde5-ssettings1.png
>> http://chass.utoronto.ca/~purslow/test/kde5-ssettings2.png
>> & setting icon theme to Oxygen makes no difference to Gwenview.
> Try running this in a shell:
> XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=kde gwenview
> If it solves the issue, you will need to export "XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=kde".
> See here for more info:
> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1501729#p1501729

This seems to have no extra effect,
but the Arch Forum has another suggestion, which improves things,
ie to create ~/.config/kdeglobals & include

[Icons]
Theme=oxygen

That gets the folder icons in the browse view,
tho' not the icons in the toolbars.

I also have the other problem the Arch OP had encountered,
ie selecting items now requires a double-click. I added

[KDE]
SingleClick=true

but it has made no difference.

Is there a help file somewhere listing possible lines in kdeglobals ?

Philip Webb

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Sep 16, 2016, 1:40:03 PM9/16/16
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160916 Philip Webb wrote:
> 160915 P Levine wrote:
>>> 160913 Philip Webb wrote:
>>> I've updated to KDE 5 , incl Gwenview + Oxygen-icons,
>>> but even after a reboot the icons are not showing on the screen ;
> the Arch Forum has another suggestion, which improves things,
> ie to create ~/.config/kdeglobals & include
>
> [Icons]
> Theme=oxygen
>
> That gets the folder icons in the browse view,
> tho' not the icons in the toolbars.

I tried another brute-force approach,
moved /usr/share/icons/hi-color to -/-/-/hicolor-dft
& made a symlink -/-/-/hicolor -> oxygen .
This has restored the toolbar icons, while folder icons remain ok.

However :

> I also have the other problem the Arch OP had encountered,
> ie selecting items now requires a double-click. I added
>
> [KDE]
> SingleClick=true
>
> but it has made no difference.
>
> Is there a help file somewhere listing possible lines in kdeglobals ?

These 2 questions remain unanswered : can anyone offer suggestions ?

Mick

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Sep 16, 2016, 4:20:03 PM9/16/16
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On Friday 16 Sep 2016 13:37:58 Philip Webb wrote:
> 160916 Philip Webb wrote:
> > 160915 P Levine wrote:
> >>> 160913 Philip Webb wrote:
> >>> I've updated to KDE 5 , incl Gwenview + Oxygen-icons,
> >>> but even after a reboot the icons are not showing on the screen ;
> >
> > the Arch Forum has another suggestion, which improves things,
> > ie to create ~/.config/kdeglobals & include
> >
> > [Icons]
> > Theme=oxygen
> >
> > That gets the folder icons in the browse view,
> > tho' not the icons in the toolbars.
>
> I tried another brute-force approach,
> moved /usr/share/icons/hi-color to -/-/-/hicolor-dft
> & made a symlink -/-/-/hicolor -> oxygen .
> This has restored the toolbar icons, while folder icons remain ok.
>
> However :
> > I also have the other problem the Arch OP had encountered,
> > ie selecting items now requires a double-click. I added
> >
> > [KDE]
> > SingleClick=true
> >
> > but it has made no difference.
> >
> > Is there a help file somewhere listing possible lines in kdeglobals ?
>
> These 2 questions remain unanswered : can anyone offer suggestions ?

I am running Dolphin:

Version 16.04.3

Using:
KDE Frameworks 5.23.0
Qt 5.6.1 (built against 5.6.1)
The xcb windowing system


I am also running Konqueror:

Version 4.14.20


Since the update to 4.14.20, Konqueror has regained its ability to work as a
file manager, open directories/files with single click, have icons in its menu
bar and its drop down menus. From what I can tell it works as it always did
in the pre-plasma days.

Unlike Konqueror, Dolphin looks, feels and works like a half baked alpha
version software with missing functionality. No icons, have to double click
for everything and whatever else may still not work properly. I am guessing
that it is not yet ready for human consumption, but future versions will
hopefully work properly again. Until then I will continue to use Konqueror,
as I have always done under KDE2,3,4. :-)

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Mick
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P Levine

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Sep 17, 2016, 2:10:03 AM9/17/16
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If you can get systemsettings working, the setting would be in "Input Devices" -> "Mouse".

Otherwise, here's some example configs:

~/.config/org.kde.gwenviewrc

Mick

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Sep 17, 2016, 4:00:03 AM9/17/16
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On Saturday 17 Sep 2016 02:04:19 P Levine wrote:
> If you can get systemsettings working, the setting would be in "Input
> Devices" -> "Mouse".
>
> Otherwise, here's some example configs:
>
> ~/.config/org.kde.gwenviewrc <http://textuploader.com/ds0qs>
> ~/.config/kdeglobals (debian) <http://textuploader.com/ds0l7>
> ~/.config/kdeglobals (gentoo) <http://textuploader.com/ds0qa>

Thanks, I already have mouse settings to 'SingleClick=true' but it doesn't
work in Dolphin, nor do any menu icons show up. In addition, the Network
places is empty. Thankfully, in Konqueror all of the above features are
working as they should. :-)

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P Levine

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Sep 17, 2016, 4:40:03 AM9/17/16
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Last thing.  You may want to try x11-misc/qt5ct and see if it helps.
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