> hi > > I did that too, but there still isnt any difference in my application. Any > ideas try to run a random gtk application like this (install strace if you don't already have it): strace gedit 2>&1 |grep opem This will show all os-calls that matches the word open. It's the hard way, but gives you a clue. If no gtkrc file is found, it reads an atom-string from the XServer telling it what theme to use (freedesktop.org spec, implemented by gnome/gtk and kde) Stian Skjelstad _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list