[phenixbb] gtk glib error messages and too large fonts when starting phenix 1.11.1-2575

[Billy Poon]

Hi Martin and Sebastian,

Thanks for the tip. I knew that the warnings started appearing after the
dependency updates, but I prioritized other issues for the release since it
wasn't a fatal error. I'll get this fixed soon.

--
Billy K. Poon
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 7:46 AM, Martin Moche <Martin.Moche at ki.se> wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
>
>
> Allow me to share a workaround created by Sebastian Thorarensen for the
> issue described below
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Martin
>
>
>
> ############# Email from Sebastian Thorarensen NSC  ##################
>
>
>
> Hi Martin
>
>
>
> that error message mean Phenix fail to load certain icons and if comparing
> Phenix 1.11.1 with 1.10.1 there is an icon missing on OK-button when
> starting Phenix
>
>
>
> Phenix is packaged with GTK and wxWidgets (an abstraction layer for GTK
> for instance).  It is also packaged with a windows theme that Phenix tell
> GTK to use. It fail however to tell GTK to use the icons that follow the
> theme, and instead an icon theme named gnome is used. gnome is incomplete;
> for instance an OK-icon is missing, however that does not matter, since GTK
> has build-in icons that can be used when missing in the selected icon-theme.
>
>
>
> In Phenix 1.11.1 they updated GTK and wxWidgets. When doing so it appear
> that GTKs built-in icons were broken. It could be a bug either in Phenix,
> GTK or wxWidgets.  I cannot find where the issue originates.
>
>
>
> The following workaround tricks Phenix to use its build-in icon theme,
> instead of the GTK ones that does not work
>
>
>
> # Goto Phenix installation directory
>
> cd /proj/xray/software/phenix/phenix-1.11.1-2575
>
>
>
> # Goto Phenix icon folder
>
> cd base/share/icons
>
>
>
> # Copy systems gnome theme to this floder
>
> cp -r /usr/share/icons/gnome .
>
>
>
> # Copy Phenix icon theme into the ”gnome” theme
>
> cp -r Clearlooks/16x16/gtk/* gnome/16x16/stock/generic
>
> cp -r Clearlooks/24x24/gtk/* gnome/24x24/stock/generic
>
>
>
> # Update the icon cache
>
> gtk-update-icon-cache gnome
>
>
>
> This is almost enough. Phenix startup script sets the path to its build in
> themes incorrect so we need to fix that as well as:
>
>
>
> In /proj/xray/software/phenix/phenix-1.11.1-2575/build/bin/phenix please
> change
>
>
>
>                 XDG_DATA_DIRS=$CCTBX_BUILD_BASE/base/share
>
>
>
> into
>
>
>
>                 XDG_DATA_DIRS=$CCTBX_BUILD_BASE/share
>
>
>
> I tested this at my own Phenix installation and it removes all error
> messages and make all icons visible. Why the text is bigger in version
> 1.11.1 I do not know however it fits with https://www.phenix-online.org/
> documentation/images/gui_main.png so I think nothing is wrong here.
>
> --
>
> Med vänliga hälsningar,
>
> Sebastian
>
> *From:* phenixbb-bounces at phenix-online.org [mailto:phenixbb-bounces@
> phenix-online.org] *On Behalf Of *Martin Moche
> *Sent:* den 16 november 2016 16:45
> *To:* phenixbb at phenix-online.org
> *Subject:* [phenixbb] gtk glib error messages and too large fonts when
> starting phenix 1.11.1-2575
>
>
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> Today I install latest stable phenix 1.11.1-2575 without problems - output
> attached.
>
> When starting the phenix GUI, the fonts are too large and I get a lot of
> Gtk, GLib error messages - see below
>
> These error messages can be found online as well
> https://mail.gnome.org/archives/meld-list/2015-January/msg00007.html
> and are therefore likely not related to phenix.
>
> Perhaps somebody knows how to get rid of them and get smaller fonts into
> phenix GUI?
>
> Best regards,
> Martin
>
> ###############  my Glib Gtk error messages ##############
>
> [x_marmo at triolith2 ~]$ phenix
>
> (main.py:60858): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_loadable_icon_load: assertion
> 'G_IS_LOADABLE_ICON (icon)' failed
>
> (main.py:60858): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 'gtk-ok' for
> stock: Failed to load icon
>
> (main.py:60858): Gtk-CRITICAL **: render_fallback_image: assertion 'pixbuf
> != NULL' failed
>
> (main.py:60858): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion
> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
>
> (main.py:60858): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_loadable_icon_load: assertion
> 'G_IS_LOADABLE_ICON (icon)' failed
>
> (main.py:60858): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 'gtk-ok' for
> stock: Failed to load icon
>
> (main.py:60858): Gtk-CRITICAL **: render_fallback_image: assertion 'pixbuf
> != NULL' failed
>
> (main.py:60858): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion
> 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
>
> Already checked for new versions in last 24 hours, skipping
>
>
> Martin Moche, Ph.D.
> Head of Protein Crystallography
> Karolinska Institutet
> MBB/PSF
> Scheeles väg 2
> 171 77 Stockholm
> Sweden
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> email:  Martin.Moche at ki.se
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