Linux: 'Gtk::IconThemeError'

[Kay-C]

Hello Community,

since two or three weeks I have a big problem:

I have updated my machine with actual fixes using yum. There was >50 packages updated also GTK packages.

• Fedora 7 kernel - 2.6.23.17-88.fc7

• VMwarePlayer-2.0.4-93057

I could used vmplayer befor but since this day the player will not start (vmware-config run successful) with this error message:

"kay ~]$ vmplayer

/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:62: error: unexpected identifier `animation', expected character `}'

terminate called after throwing an instance of 'Gtk::IconThemeError'

"

I search on the net and also in this forum and found this: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/104553

The solution on this: (1) "VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=no vmplayer" or

(2)"VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=no vmplayer" but nothing will help.

With (1) I get the error : "terminate called after throwing an instance of 'Gtk::IconThemeError'"

With (2) I get the error:

"/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:62: error: unexpected

identifier `animation', expected character `}'

terminate called after throwing an instance of 'Gtk::IconThemeError'"

I try to find the packages which was updated and installed the old - but on the 10th package I stoped full frustrated.

Then I installed old vmplayer erlier as 2.0.4 but with the same result.

Then I installed vmware server 2.0.0 - this runs but the necessary

parallel port will not work. arg

So go back to vmplayer - but I'm don't can fix the problem.

Have anyone an idea or can vmware support help? I tink it is a bug on vmplayer !?

Thanks

Kay-C

[rmuetze]

Hello Kay-C,

I just happened to have the same problem with VMWare Workstation 6.0.4. I earlier figured that the problem was related to the user's home folder so I started to rename every hidden file and folder inside my home folder to "name.old" and tried again. I finished with a folder named ".local" which was apparently created by the "SAP GUI for java" installer. I'm not exactly sure which item inside this folder is responsible for the problem, so I kicked it anyway. The error message is gone and I'm happy again ;o)

The folder contains some icon stuff in a structure like you expect it in /usr/share/... Probably a subfolder ".local" stored inside your home folder makes other programs like VMWare believe it can find all theme related information there instead of looking in /usr/...

Regards

Ruediger

[Kay-C]

Hello Ruediger,

thank you very much for your answer!

I'm also removed this dir but it doesn't solve my problem. How ever I try to install vmplayer on a fresh installed Fedora 9 system and it works. So I think I have a problem with my machines GNOME and prior I search for the problem the next weeks, I will install my machine with Fedora 9.

Regards

Kay

[etdias]

It solved my problem! Tks!