[SOLVED] xfce4-settings-manager not displaying the setting's icons

malcomyork · 2014-10-21 14:41:20

I'm running Gentoo and xfce4-settings-manager is empty, shows no configuration icons. I've also noticed this behaviour on Whisker menu, which is missing all the category icons; I am able to find the applications if I go to the "All" sub menu.

Last edited by malcomyork (2014-10-30 19:20:33)

ToZ · 2014-10-21 15:52:54

Is this a new install or a recent problem?
Make sure you have at least the hicolor and gnome icon themes installed. Also ensure that xfce4-session is running.

malcomyork · 2014-10-29 05:22:39

This is a new install.

Both icon themes are installed:

# eix hicolor
[I] x11-themes/hicolor-icon-theme
     Available versions:  0.12^bs
     Installed versions:  0.12^bs(00:29:31 17/10/14)
     Homepage:            http://icon-theme.freedesktop.org/wiki/HicolorTheme
     Description:         Fallback theme for the freedesktop icon theme specification

# eix gnome-icon
[I] x11-themes/gnome-icon-theme
     Available versions:  [M]3.6.2^bs 3.10.0^bs 3.12.0^bs {branding}
     Installed versions:  3.12.0^bs(00:41:02 17/10/14)(branding)
     Homepage:            http://www.gnome.org/ http://people.freedesktop.org/~jimmac/icons/#git
     Description:         GNOME default icon theme

xfce4-session is running:

# ps -aux | grep xfce4-session
user      4538  0.0  2.0 284252 41372 ?        Sl   01:46   0:00 xfce4-session

Last edited by malcomyork (2014-10-29 13:27:35)

ToZ · 2014-10-29 10:45:36

Forgot to mention the tango icon theme as well. See if installing that helps.

I also recall coming across an issue where a graphics library needed to be installed. Ok, here is the link.

malcomyork · 2014-10-29 14:04:49

ToZ, I checked both libraries and they are intalled.
Tango theme is installed and I am using Faenza-Darkest theme.
I don't believe this is a theme issue. It looks like some missing library or something broken in xdg.
I have uploaded a picture here so you can actually see what I'm talking about.

Last edited by malcomyork (2014-10-29 14:27:20)

ToZ · 2014-10-29 14:37:28

Thanks for the image. By missing icons, I thought you meant that the correct ones weren't displaying. Your image shows that none of them are displaying. This might be an issue with exo. Have you built/installed it?

Also, check the library dependencies to make sure they are all being found:

ldd $(which xfce4-settings-manager)

...specifically libexo.

malcomyork · 2014-10-29 15:22:16

Welcome ToZ!

Yes, the dependency is fulfilled:

# ldd $(which xfce4-settings-manager) | grep exo
libexo-1.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libexo-1.so.0 (0x00007fbf44daa000)

ToZ · 2014-10-29 16:07:05

Hmmm. Are all of the library files being found for the executable?

Have you also built garcon and libxfce4ui?

malcomyork · 2014-10-29 16:12:17

I have to unfortunately say yes to both questions.

ToZ · 2014-10-29 16:53:09

What happens if you run an strace against "xfce4-settings-manager"? Any interesting errors that might pinpoint where its failing?

malcomyork · 2014-10-29 17:47:22

I'm not sure how to debug this application, but I tried to run it on a terminal and I get no output at all.

ToZ · 2014-10-29 18:04:41

Try:

strace -o xfce4-settings-manager.trace xfce4-settings-manager

...and after the manager opens, wait a couple of seconds then close it down. Review the xfce4-settings-manager.trace file. Feel free to post a copy of it for a second set of eyes to have a look.

malcomyork · 2014-10-30 13:45:03

Ok, I was able to resolve it.

I build my system with the variable UMASK set to 077, which caused the permissions of the directory /usr/local/share/ to be 700. xfce4-settings-manager was trying to read that folder but was getting a "Permission denied" error; I switched back the permissions on that folder to 755 and now I have all the applications listed in the panel and settings back again.

ToZ, thank you for helping me out, specially for teaching me about strace! I didn't know that application even existed.

Last edited by malcomyork (2014-10-30 19:19:18)

ToZ · 2014-10-30 17:30:54

Glad you found a solution and thanks for posting it back.

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