Bug#503451: gnome: Hang and 100 % CPU load after small appearance change

[Richard Scherping]

Josselin Mouette schrieb:
> Le dimanche 26 octobre 2008 à 09:51 +0100, Richard Scherping a écrit :
>> gnome-appearance-properties output when started from command line:
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>> (gnome-appearance-properties:7061): appearance-properties-WARNING **:
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>> (gnome-appearance-properties:7061): appearance-properties-WARNING **:
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>> Please direct me to some usefull steps to resolve that issue. I do not have
>> the problem with a similar machine (that is running Lenny for one year now,
>> never having Etch there).
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> This clearly looks like the result of having a b0rked ~/.gtkrc-* file.

Thanks for this hint - it really solved my issue to delete those two files. They contained the following before:

~# cat .gtkrc-2.0 
# -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT
include "/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"

include "/home/richard/.gtkrc-2.0.mine"

# -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT
~# cat .gtkrc-1.2-gnome2 
# Autowritten by gnome-settings-daemon. Do not edit

include "/home/richard/.gtkrc.mine"
~#

Those .mine files did not exist. On another system (running Lenny from the beginning, no upgrade from Etch), there is only the .gtkrc-1.2-gnome2 file and I have had no problems.
So maybe the upgrade process should recommend removing the .gtkrc-2.0 file?

Richard