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Last modified: 7 December 2012

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Bugs

Unable to locate theme engine in module_path  (15 Dec 2008)

When using a Gtk theme, the following warning may appear: 

(prism:29582): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in
module_path: "thinice"

Workaround:

Set the GTK_PATH environment variable to: 

setenv GTK_PATH /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0

where the path specified, contains an engines subhdirectory which contains the library for the specified theme engine: 

/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/engines/libthinice.so

X_QueryColors error when launching GUI  (18 Mar 2011)
(Linux)

Linux users may see color-related errors when launching a GUI such as ds9: 

BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 91 (X_QueryColors)
Value in failed request: 0xff000000
Serial number of failed request: 1581

The workaround is to set 

setenv XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS 1

Last modified: 7 December 2012
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