Workaround for bug #874598 - Ardour: GUI doesn't load
Hello everybody out there!
I am using Debian 10 :
$ cat /etc/debian_version
10.1
I am using Ardour 5 from standard distribution repositories:
$ aptitude versions ardour
i 1:5.12.0-3 stable
900
I have experimented bug #874598, i.e. Ardour GUI does not load. I have
asked for help on Ardour forum:
https://discourse.ardour.org/t/no-graphical-interface-with-ardour-5-on-debian-10/101633
It turned out that this bug is a bug from GTK 2. As most developing
efforts from GTK team are on GTK 3 and 4, it seems quite unlikely that
the bug will be solved at all. But there is a quite simple workaround to
this, as indicated on Ardour bug tracker:
https://tracker.ardour.org/view.php?id=5605
It is quite simple. Before running Ardour, you have to set a variable:
$ export GTK2_RC_FILES=/usr/share/themes/Adwaita/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
Then run Ardour. I have tested this, with this workaround Ardour GUI
does load. I have sent a comment to Debian bug tracker for bug #874598 :
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=874598
But as it is the first time I propose some workaround to a bug, I want
to make sure I have done what is needed. So, can anyone confirm my
message is sufficient of if I should do something more?
Best regards.
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Yoann LE BARS
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