[SOLVED} Problem with menu in synaptic

[dcihon]

I am in Debian Testing and for some time I have been having an issue with the menus in synaptic.
I have searched this forum but couldn't find the answer.
My menu in Synaptic has all the text strung together without any spaces:
It looks like this:
FileEditPachageSettingsHelp

I am using a distribution Called SolydKEE 64 bit. It is using the Debian Testing Branch.
I am fully updated.
It is using the KDE Plasma Desktop.
If you need to know anything else just ask.
Thanks for the help in advance.

[GarryRicketson]

I am using a distribution Called SolydKEE 64 bit

But that is NOT Debian, .... and What does this have to do with
Debian developement ?

A better option might be just to install the current stable version of Debian,
Debian 8.7
https://www.debian.org/releases/
The benefits would be that Debian does offer support, and also the packages in
the Debian repositories are usually reliable, and have been thoroughly
tested, on Debian.
Many of these "other distributions", "Distros", take a Debian base, then they add
all kinds of stuff,... and invent some thing, they call a distro, but what they create
is no longer Debian,.. it is something else.

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Postby fireExit » 2015-12-16 11:15

dcihon wrote:
I am running Debian Testing


Not really!

dcihon wrote:
System: Host: solydk64 Kernel: 4.2.0-1-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 4.9.3)
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.4.3 (Qt 5.5.1) dm: sddm,sddm Distro: SolydXK 9 solydxk

http://forums.solydxk.com

I just looked, and see the OP has been here before, and was pointed toward
the sloydxk forum.
Any way, that is where you need to go to get help on this as well,
what you are using is not Debian, nor Debian testing,... maybe it used to be,
but the developers of Sloydxk, have mutated it into being something else.
Good luck

[No_windows]

I am using a distribution Called SolydKEE 64 bit. It is using the Debian Testing Branch.

I've had that happen before while messing with Xfce/GTK themes, but since you're using KDE....? The other thing is that you're using an "Enthusiast Edition", so maybe it's not setup perfectly?

I would recommend visiting the SolydXK forums. Last I visited I found them to be pretty nice people.

[dcihon]

Ok I have been through this here before.
Regardless of whether I am using a Distro based on Debian modified by Solyd team I just need help.
I am here because I couldn't get any help from Solyd people.
Now you point me back to them.
I guess I am on my own.
I thought maybe someone here might have had this problem and knew how to fix it but I was obviously wrong.
Well thanks anyway for your suggestions.
If I find the answer I will post it back here and on Solyd forum.
I like being in testing and learning how to fix issues. Sometimes it is good to ask for help.
I can live with the problem I have been for a while.
Maybe some update will come along and fix the issue.
Thanks
Again

[arochester]

Have you tried emailing the guy who built the Enthusiasts Editions?

https://solydxk.com/enthusiasts-editions/

https://solydxk.com/about/the-solydxk-team/

grizzler@solydxk.com

[dcihon]

Ok I will try that.
I will let you know what they say.

[MoaTib]

Since Synaptic is a GTK3 app, I suspect that this is caused by a GTK3 theme that doesn't support the GTK3 libraries version in testing.

[dcihon]

Yeah that is kind of why I posted it on this forum.
I was hoping someone else in testing could shine some light on the problem.
Thanks
I have tried sever GTK3 Theme changes and none of them seem to make a difference.

[MoaTib]

Try with another GTK3 application like uGet or anything else, if you face the same problem, this is probably where you have to look at.

Edit: Try with with the default theme provided by GTk3, Adwaita, since it is forcibly compatible with GTK3 version in testing.

[dcihon]

uget does the same thing
In KDE I went into System Settings > Application Style > GNOME Application Style (GTK) Then Get new themes, searched for Adwaita and loaded the Dark Green theme.
Didn't make any difference.
Was that the correct way to load the theme?

I logged out and back in and uget looks good.
Synaptic still doesn't.

[NFT5]

Sometimes a question is asked, by someone using another Debian based distro, that is related specifically to that distro. In those cases I guess that there is some justification in referring the OP back to the distro specific forums. Other times the problem may be one which is common to both Debian and that other distro and in those instances I feel that it would be less than reflective of maintaining the knowledge sharing basis upon which forums are built to withhold the answer, since the problem may just as likely have happened while using Debian as while using that other distro.

Like no_windows I've had this problem as well and it is related to mixing themes from, usually, XFCE, in a DE which is Gnome based, in my case MATE. To complicate it I was also trying to use elements from KDE and different GTK versions as well. Often doing something like this will have no effect, but sometimes the different elements just don't quite get along together very well. So, what's needed is something that can bring them together, bridging the differences.

When this problem occurred for me I tried searching everywhere and found hints as to the cause, but no actual solution. Eventually I resorted to browsing through Synaptic, figuring that it was GTK related. I tried a few things with no result and then came across two apps which solved the problem. Those apps were gtk2-engines-qtcurve and kde-style-qtcurve. They work together to provide a consistent interface between Gnome and KDE.

Without knowing exactly what OP did to create the problem I can make no guarantees but, on the basis that installation of these two apps solved the same symptoms for me, I think they're worth trying. If they don't work then they can be easily removed again.

[dcihon]

Thanks for the offer of help NFT5
I tried installing those packages and logging out and back in. No luck on Synaptic
You are correct I have experimented on the same machine with various DE , XFCE, LXQT ETC so I probably have a lot of packages intermingling with each other.
I know that further complicates the matter.
Well I appreciate all of those who are trying to help but it probably isn't worth your effort considering the above.
Maybe I will rebuild the system and see if I can catch what caused the issue.
Thanks
Dan

[Segfault]

Create a test user, your problem may be in your home.

[dcihon]

New user
Same issue.
So it is not user related.
It appears to be theme related.
With the new user uget menu choices are all strung together as well as Synaptic.

[No_windows]

Look in your home/user/.config directory for the gtk3 directory....... rename it something else and see if your problem goes away. I have a minimal install Debian 8 with Openbox as the window manager, and that directory will mess with my Gtk3 applications like Synaptic and Gnome-system-monitor. The fonts render strangely if I mess with theme the configuration program that writes in that directory. I just delete it, as I'm not really running a GTK3 theme, and I get a readable font back. Since you actually want a theme, you'll probably not want to do that permanently, but it might get you started.

[dcihon]

Renamed it.
It didn't make a difference with Synaptic.
Thanks though

[dcihon]

Solve my problem.
Someone suggested that I might have corrupt themes so that gave me an idea.
I deleted all of my themes. Guess what.... Problem solved.
Now I will add themes methodically to find out which one work and which ones don't.
Thanks everyone for your help and guidance.