The KSharedDataCache info messages are probably a result of gtk-qt-engine. Maybe try a different GTK theme? On 12 September 2010 11:14, Simon Woolf <simon.woolf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > Subject line says it all, really -- installed gvim, and on opening it, I get a > blank, empty, grey window: http://i.imgur.com/DUUIO.png . > > That's if opening it normally; opened from a terminal, it prints: > > (18816) KSharedDataCache::Private::mapSharedMemory: Opening cache > "/var/tmp/kdecache-simon/icon-cache.kcache" page size is 4096 > (18816) KSharedDataCache::Private::mapSharedMemory: Attached to cache, > determining if it must be initialized > (18816) KSharedDataCache::Private::mapSharedMemory: Cache fully initialized -- > attached to memory mapping > (18816) KSharedDataCache::Private::mapSharedMemory: 4636672 bytes available > out of 10485760 > > ...And then nothing -- not even a grey window. > > Reinstalling gvim & vim-runtime has no effect. I would try aur/vim-gtk > instead of extra/gvim, but it seems to be unbuildable -- one of the sources > gives a 404. If relevant, Arch is up to date, and is broadly KDE4.5 (with > compiz and bmpanel2 used in place of kwin and plasma). > > Since I haven't heard anyone else have this problem with gvim, I assume it's > just me. Anyone had anything liike this before? Any ideas? > > Thanks to all in advance. > > Simon Woolf > -- Tavian Barnes