[CentOS] anybody else had this problem since the CR updates?

[Fred Smith]

On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 12:33:36PM +0100, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> On 2017-08-27, Fred Smith
> <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote:
> > I'm running Mate on my C7 boxen, a desktop and a netbook.\
> >
> > Mate comes from epel, so it's probably not a CentOS problem, but lemme
> > ask here in case anybody else has seen it:
> >
> > some tools (nm, pavucontrol, and possibly others I haven't noted down)
> > no longer have the correct formatting on screen. there are no
> > backgrounds, i.e., backgrounds that define areas of the screen by
> > shading or borders.  clickable text tends to be jammed together.
> > pavucontrol has no sliders for any of the level controls.
> >
> > an example, at the top of pavucontrol it has no visible tabs, just the
> > text:
> >
> > 	PlaybackRecordingOutput DevicesInput DevicesConfiguration
> >
> > spaced as shown. they work when you click them, however. but since
> > none of the sliders are visible (and I can't find 'em by randomly
> > poking around with the mouse pointer) it's a little hard to use. :(
> >
> > If I can find a place to post some screenshots, I'll try the  posting
> > a note on the epel IRC.
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> 
> Mate in epel still uses gtk2, whereas the applications you mention use
> gtk3. So I'd say you need to choose a theme with support for both.
> Adwaita is a good choice in that regard.

Ah, that does it.

thanks a bunch!

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