GTK theme not applied in Firefox/Thunderbird 1.5

[Indigo 23]

OK, I did what you suggested, and to no avail, the theme is not
applied in firefox.  Here is the error that firefox gives now:

(firefox-bin:73371): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in
module_path: "clearlooks",

My gtkrc-2.0 file looks like this now:

--------------------BEGIN ~/.gtkrc-2.0----------------------------
include "/usr/local/share/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"
style "panel"
{
  fg[NORMAL]               = "#ffffff"
  fg[ACTIVE]               = "#0f0f0f"
  bg[ACTIVE]               = "#C0C0C0"
}
widget "<strong>PanelWidget</strong>" style "panel"
widget "<strong>PanelApplet</strong>" style "panel"
class "<strong>Panel</strong>" style "panel"
widget_class "<strong>Mail</strong>" style "panel"
class "<strong>notif</strong>" style "panel"
class "<strong>Notif</strong>" style "panel"
class "<strong>Tray</strong>" style "panel"
class "<strong>tray</strong>" style "panel"
--------------------END ~/.gtkrc-2.0----------------------------

By the way, my firefox is launching from /usr/local/bin.

Indigo 23 wrote:
> I checked my gtkrc-2.0 file, and here are its contents:
>
> --------------------BEGIN ~/.gtkrc-2.0----------------------------
> # -- Appended by GNOME Configurator
> include ".gtkrc-2.0-scrollbar_cog"
> style "panel"
> {
>   fg[NORMAL]               = "#ffffff"
>   fg[ACTIVE]               = "#0f0f0f"
>   bg[ACTIVE]               = "#C0C0C0"
> }
> widget "<strong>PanelWidget</strong>" style "panel"
> widget "<strong>PanelApplet</strong>" style "panel"
> class "<strong>Panel</strong>" style "panel"
> widget_class "<strong>Mail</strong>" style "panel"
> class "<strong>notif</strong>" style "panel"
> class "<strong>Notif</strong>" style "panel"
> class "<strong>Tray</strong>" style "panel"
> class "<strong>tray</strong>" style "panel"
> --------------------END ~/.gtkrc-2.0----------------------------
>
> I don't see any paths to change here.  Any other suggestions?  Also,
> do you know why this problem is occuring?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Indigo 23 wrote:
>>> I am just wondering if anyone knows how to fix this problem....Ever
>>> since I upgraded to Gnome 2.16, the GTK themes that I've tried don't
>>> apply in Firefox/Thunderbird 1.5 like they used to when I was using
>>> Gnome 2.14....Is this a known issue? Are there any workarounds?  I
>>> really dislike the default GTK look.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>
> B Briggs wrote:
>> I had to edit my ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file and change references to /usr/X11R6
>> to /usr/local. (Assuming you're using the default theme under
>> tools/themes in Firefox/Thunderbird).
>

>Since I don't use gnome for my desktop (I use fluxbox), I probably can't
>help much. But here are some things you might want to check.

>After you upgraded, firefox and thunderbird were moved to
>/usr/local/bin, correct?

>In firefox, under Tools/Themes, are you using the firefox default theme?
>(This should use the current gtk theme). If you have any other themes
>installed, what happens if you switch, then switch back to the default
>theme?

>In your firefox prefs.js file, is there any reference to X11R6?

>Do you have any other .gtkrc* files in ~ ? Take a look at the contents
>there.

>Are you using the emulation linux firefox/thunderbird? If so, take a
>look at:
>http://www.metasyntax.net/index.php?section=unix&page=gtkqt

>What happens if you put the path to the theme in .gtkrc-2.0 and restart
>firefox? Take a look at the url above and the reference to
>include "/usr/X11R6/share/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"
>(of course you'll want to change X11R6 to local and Clearlooks to
>whatever your theme is)

>And do you still have anything left in /usr/X11R6/share/themes after
>your upgrade? I do, just stuff I installed there myself. If you do,
>consider copying or moving them to /usr/local...

>What is in ".gtkrc-2.0-scrollbar_cog"? Any reference to X11R6?

>I did have the same problem you did after upgrading. But ALL of my gtk
>apps had the same default appearance, and as I said, I just had to
>change .gtkrc-2.0 from /usr/X11R6... to /usr/local...

>--
>B Briggs