On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 8:41 PM, Cook, Malcolm <m...@stowers.org> wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 8:16 PM, Cook, Malcolm <m...@stowers.org> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > What fortune... >> > >> >> IMO, given that every GLib based program needs it, the right thing to >> >> do is to make it an implicit input of 'glib-or-gtk-build-system'. >> >> >> >> In a similar way, every GLib based program/library makes use of sound >> >> themes. For this to work it needs access to 'libcanberra'. Thus, for >> >> sound themes to work, 'libcanberra' should also be an implicit input >> >> of the build system. >> >> >> >> You may be using a desktop where no sound theme is used/configured >> >> and therefore not be seeing any message about this. But, if you use a >> >> desktop with a sound theme, e.g. GNOME, you will see the following >> >> messages: >> >> Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" >> >> This is taken care by setting >> >> >> >> GTK_PATH=/gnu/store/...-libcanberra-0.30/lib/gtk-3.0/modules >> >> >> > >> > ... I was at this very moment poised to ask about this very issue here, >> > for, in >> the case of a fresh guix 0.8.3 I was witnessing: >> > >> > After `guix package --install emacs`, I find: >> > >> > $ emacs >> > (process:3941): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. >> > Using the fallback 'C' locale. >> > Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" >> > Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module" >> > >> > The installed emacs v 24.5 does still start, and looks pretty snappy >> > (despite, >> alas, being build without svg support). >> > >> > But, let me try and take your advice: >> > >> > $ guix package -i libcanberra >> > $ export GTK_PATH=/gnu/store/*-libcanberra*/lib/gtk-3.0/modules >> > $ echo $GTK_PATH >> > /gnu/store/x06vfgf5fn09yr9crqlg22rwc301jnhp-libcanberra- >> 0.30/lib/gtk-3.0/modules >> > $ ls $GTK_PATH >> > libcanberra-gtk3-module.la libcanberra-gtk3-module.so >> > libcanberra-gtk-module.so >> > >> > But, upon starting emacs again, alas, I still get the same Gtk warnings and >> messages. >> > >> > Am I not following your advice, or otherwise mis-understanding it? >> >> I had a typo, sorry: the path should stop at one level above the modules: >> >> $GTK_PATH=/gnu/store/nlm81g8hgsw7d01la14zjycjcgamn4qp-libcanberra- >> 0.30/lib/gtk-3.0 >> emacs > > Thanks, but, I should have reported in the first place that I (guessing) also > tried GTK_PATH without the final /modules directory as you suggest and got > the same message. > > I also did not report the many other errors encountered during emacs startup, > including > > (emacs-24-5:8483): Gtk-WARNING **: Could not find the icon 'document-new'. > The 'hicolor' theme > was not found either, perhaps you need to install it. > You can get a copy from: > http://icon-theme.freedesktop.org/releases > > and others of the flavor > > (emacs-24-5:8483): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion > 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed > (emacs-24-5:8483): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion > 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed > (emacs-24-5:8483): Gdk-CRITICAL **: > gdk_cairo_surface_create_from_pixbuf: assertion 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF (pixbuf)' > failed > (emacs-24-5:8483): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon > 'document-new' for stock: Icon 'document-new' not present in theme gnome > > Any advice from you or other lurkers much appreciated...
The behavior is then different from what I see on my machine. I can't help further then. Sorry, Fede
