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ineuw

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From: Québec, Canada

Registered: 2015-11-24

Posts: 98

[Solved] Errors when using xfce software in the terminal

I get the same error when using xfce software from the terminal. Is there a way to correct this by myself?

Running gedit from the terminal
(gksudo:4098): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "xfce",

xfce4-about
(xfce4-about:13615): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "xfce",

then
xfce4-about-Message: No vendor information found in "/usr/share/xfce4/vendorinfo".

Last edited by ineuw (2016-11-06 18:26:06)

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ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,023

Re: [Solved] Errors when using xfce software in the terminal

Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "xfce",

If you're using Xubuntu 16.04 (as per your signature) make sure that the gtk2-engines-xfce package is installed.

xfce4-about-Message: No vendor information found in "/usr/share/xfce4/vendorinfo".

This seems like a distro packaging issue. Best to follow up there. The libxfce4ui package was compiled with the "with-vendor-info=NAME" parameter but the vendor info file is missing. If you want to get rid of that message, create the file /usr/share/xfce4/vendorinfo and add some information in there (it will display on a new tab in the xfce4-about dialog). Its meant for distros to add in distro descriptions, etc.

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ineuw

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From: Québec, Canada

Registered: 2015-11-24

Posts: 98

Re: [Solved] Errors when using xfce software in the terminal

Thanks, successfully done both.

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