Bug#255591: libgtk2.0-0: file chooser unusable outside the GNOME desktop

[Martin-Ăric Racine]

Package: libgtk2.0-0
Version: 2.4.3-1
Severity: important

Since GTK 2.4.0, the file chooser depends upon some Nautilus component to tell it which icon theme to use. When that
component is not running (such as when running a GTK2.4-based application outside the GNOME environment - in my
case, under icewm), the file chooser shows no icon, which makes it impossible to distinguish a file from a folder. 

I cannot consider this issue a wishlist item, because it truely cripples using applications outside the full GNOME
desktop, even though GTK itself is not supposed to be dependant upon GNOME. It truely creates serious usability 
issuesl, hence why it is an important, perhaps even RC bug.

The cure would be for GTK to have some hard-coded default icons to revert to, in case a GTK2.4-based application is
started under KDE or under a non-related window manager not based on GTK.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (101, 'testing'), (99, 'unstable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7-imac
Locale: LANG=fi_FI@euro, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI@euro

Versions of packages libgtk2.0-0 depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0               1.6.1-2        The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                     2.3.2.ds1-13   GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libfontconfig1            2.2.2-2        generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6              2.1.7-2.1      FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.4.2-1        The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-bin             2.4.3-1        The programs for the GTK+ graphica
ii  libgtk2.0-common          2.4.3-1        Common files for the GTK+ graphica
ii  libjpeg62                 6b-9           The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.4.0-4        Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0                1.2.5.0-6      PNG library - runtime
ii  libtiff3g                 3.6.1-1        Tag Image File Format library
ii  libx11-6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxcursor1               1.1.3-1        X cursor management library
ii  libxext6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxft2                   2.1.2-6        FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxi6                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Input extension li
ii  libxrandr2                4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii  libxrender1               0.8.3-7        X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  xlibs                     4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 X Window System client libraries m
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.1.1-3    compression library - runtime

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