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[Solved] - How to use Pale Moon browser AND Plasma5's oxygen-gtk GTK2 Theme. - kdemeoz - 13th June 2017
Hi
I'm posting this solution for the benefit of any other Maui [or indeed, any KDE/Plasma DE distro] users who like using the GTK2 oxygen-gtk theme, AND want to use the Pale Moon for Linux browser, BUT experience constant browser crashes. This problem has bugged me for years, but last night i discovered the solution. Prior to this solution a user only had two options, neither pleasant -- abandon PM, or abandon that Plasma theme.
Root Cause: Repos' standard version of gtk2-engines-oxygen is 1.4.6-1, but this version is incompatible with Pale Moon, & is responsible for the constant PM crashes.
Solution: Version 1.4.6-2 is patched for PM, but not available in the *buntu Repos. However it can be installed from a PM-affiliated repo [Steven Pusser; https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=home:stevenpusser&package=palemoon].
Method: Based on my testing, it's better IMO to continue initially installing PM using their PM Installer tool, NOT doing the PM install through Konsole via the Pusser Repo, because the former installs PM into /opt [which is what i want], whereas the latter does not use /opt but puts it into root like native Linux pgms [obviously this is a matter of personal preference, & other users might prefer the opposite (in which case, simply follow the full procedure on that website)].
Hence, if the user's PM installation or upgrade was done via the tool, all you need to do after that, per the Pusser website https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=home:stevenpusser&package=palemoon instructions, is to run these Konsole commands:
Code:
1. wget -nv http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:stevenpusser/xUbuntu_16.04/Release.key -O Release.key
2. sudo apt-key add - < Release.key
3. sudo apt-get update
4. sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/stevenpusser/xUbuntu_16.04/ /' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/palemoon.list"
5. sudo apt-get update...& then finally run Synaptic or Update Manager to upgrade "gtk2-engines-oxygen" from 1.4.6-1 to 1.4.6-2. NO reboot or logout is needed; can immediately launch PM, & it works with no more crashing, with this GTK2 theme.
Hope this might help someone.