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said Kate Draven: | > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. | > --ae424faa35c9f445fde93984bb7ff935ce063ae083467666a9f4776e3d83 | > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit | > Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" | > | > said Kate Draven: | > | > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. | > | > --d3c16e362965d70a34cc090146ec4e842e873d51e7467f7276b927ca2273 | > | > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit | > | > Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="us-ascii" | > | > | > | > just plugged in a new external drive and wanted, as i do each time | > | > i get a new external backup drive, to reformat it ext4. but now | > | > sudo gparted brings this: | > | > | > | > [kcrash] TDECrash: Application 'gpartedbin-gtk-tqt-application' | > | > crashing... | > | > | > | > this is similar to a problem i encountered recently with my | > | > scanner software. i'm running ubuntu 16.04 with TDE 14.0.5. | > | > | > | > anybody know how i can fix this? | > | > -- | > | > dep | > | | > | Hi Dep, | > | | > | Go into kcontrol, the GTK Style and Themes under appearance, and | > | play with the settings until it works. The problem is you are using | > | an incompatible theme to "retheme" the the application UI. For gtk2, | > | I use qtcurve. For gtk3, I use default. That's works well for me. | > | However, I can't say this will for you but it's a starting point. | > | > Thanks very much but no joy. I've now gone through every one of the | > available themes for each of them (though I did not try all possible | > combinations). Same crash for each. Alas. | > -- | > dep | | Add more gtk themes. Then try again. If that doesn't work, remove it. | You really don't need it.

remove . . .what?

dep

YOUR SOUL! Nah, just feels like it now. Remove trinity-gtk3-tqt-engine

Kate