bug#58545: 28.2; Toolbar icons missing until X server is restarted

bug#58545: 28.2; Toolbar icons missing until X server is restarted

[Xuanrui Qi]

When running Emacs, initially I see no icons on the toolbar, only
text ("save", "undo", etc). However, if I restart my X server by e.g. pressing
Alt-F2 and then
typing "r" under GDM, the icons appear correctly on the toolbar.

I have not been able to fix this problem even by reinstalling Emacs and
clearing all Emacs configuration files, and I could not reproduce it on
any other systems I control either, even though they are very similarly
configured.

I am not sure if this is a Emacs problem, but I don't see any missing
icons in other GTK applications.


In GNU Emacs 28.2 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.34, cairo
version 1.17.6)
 of 2022-09-12 built on frederik
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12101004
System Description: Arch Linux

Configured using:
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Load-path shadows:
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bug#58545: 28.2; Toolbar icons missing until X server is restarted

[Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors]

Xuanrui Qi <me@xuanruiqi.com> writes:

> When running Emacs, initially I see no icons on the toolbar, only
> text ("save", "undo", etc). However, if I restart my X server by e.g. pressing
> Alt-F2 and then
> typing "r" under GDM, the icons appear correctly on the toolbar.

If you mean in the "Run a Command" dialog used by GNOME Shell, then you
aren't restarting the X server, just the window manager.

> I have not been able to fix this problem even by reinstalling Emacs and
> clearing all Emacs configuration files, and I could not reproduce it on
> any other systems I control either, even though they are very similarly
> configured.
>
> I am not sure if this is a Emacs problem, but I don't see any missing
> icons in other GTK applications.

What about the GTK icon browser?

bug#58545: 28.2; Toolbar icons missing until X server is restarted

[Xuanrui Qi]

> just the window manager
Yes, you are right, I was restarting the window manager. Alternatively, altering
any of the theme settings also cause icons to appear properly, probably because
all windows are reloaded.

> What about the GTK icon browser?
Everything seems to work and in particular there are no missing icons.

On Sun, 2022-10-16 at 08:28 +0800, Po Lu wrote:
> Xuanrui Qi <me@xuanruiqi.com> writes:
> 
> > When running Emacs, initially I see no icons on the toolbar, only
> > text ("save", "undo", etc). However, if I restart my X server by e.g.
> > pressing
> > Alt-F2 and then
> > typing "r" under GDM, the icons appear correctly on the toolbar.
> 
> If you mean in the "Run a Command" dialog used by GNOME Shell, then you
> aren't restarting the X server, just the window manager.
> 
> > I have not been able to fix this problem even by reinstalling Emacs and
> > clearing all Emacs configuration files, and I could not reproduce it on
> > any other systems I control either, even though they are very similarly
> > configured.
> > 
> > I am not sure if this is a Emacs problem, but I don't see any missing
> > icons in other GTK applications.
> 
> What about the GTK icon browser?

bug#58545: 28.2; Toolbar icons missing until X server is restarted

[Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors]

Xuanrui Qi <me@xuanruiqi.com> writes:

>> just the window manager
> Yes, you are right, I was restarting the window manager. Alternatively, altering
> any of the theme settings also cause icons to appear properly, probably because
> all windows are reloaded.
>
>> What about the GTK icon browser?
> Everything seems to work and in particular there are no missing icons.

That's odd, but there I really don't know what may be going on, seeing
as I can't reproduce it here.

For the time being, you can set x-gtk-stock-map to nil in early-init.el,
to make Emacs use its own toolbar icons.

bug#58545: 28.2; Toolbar icons missing until X server is restarted

[Xuanrui Qi]

This is extremely weird because I couldn't reproduce it on any other systems I
control either, despite that their configurations are basically identical.

On Tue, 2022-10-18 at 08:39 +0800, Po Lu wrote:
> Xuanrui Qi <me@xuanruiqi.com> writes:
> 
> > > just the window manager
> > Yes, you are right, I was restarting the window manager. Alternatively,
> > altering
> > any of the theme settings also cause icons to appear properly, probably
> > because
> > all windows are reloaded.
> > 
> > > What about the GTK icon browser?
> > Everything seems to work and in particular there are no missing icons.
> 
> That's odd, but there I really don't know what may be going on, seeing
> as I can't reproduce it here.
> 
> For the time being, you can set x-gtk-stock-map to nil in early-init.el,
> to make Emacs use its own toolbar icons.

bug#58545: 28.2; Toolbar icons missing until X server is restarted

[Xuanrui Qi]

Also,
> x-gtk-stock-map to nil in early-init.el
doesn't seem to work for me either.

On Tue, 2022-10-18 at 08:39 +0800, Po Lu wrote:
> Xuanrui Qi <me@xuanruiqi.com> writes:
> 
> > > just the window manager
> > Yes, you are right, I was restarting the window manager. Alternatively,
> > altering
> > any of the theme settings also cause icons to appear properly, probably
> > because
> > all windows are reloaded.
> > 
> > > What about the GTK icon browser?
> > Everything seems to work and in particular there are no missing icons.
> 
> That's odd, but there I really don't know what may be going on, seeing
> as I can't reproduce it here.
> 
> For the time being, you can set x-gtk-stock-map to nil in early-init.el,
> to make Emacs use its own toolbar icons.

bug#58545: 28.2; Toolbar icons missing until X server is restarted

[Xuanrui Qi]

Hi all,

After a big of digging, this turns out to be a false alarm. Emacs is alright.

Apparently, in GSettings I have set org.gnome.desktop.interface.toolbar-style to
text. Somehow most applications seem to ignore this setting, but Emacs is one of
those which respect this and give me plain text toolbars.

I suppose restarting the window manager cause the settings to be overridden by
GNOME or something, so I get my icons back. Really weird interaction; I guess
someone familiar with GTK and GNOME knows why this is the case.

Please mark this bug as resolved.

Best,
Xuanrui

On Tue, 2022-10-18 at 08:39 +0800, Po Lu wrote:
> Xuanrui Qi <me@xuanruiqi.com> writes:
> 
> > > just the window manager
> > Yes, you are right, I was restarting the window manager. Alternatively,
> > altering
> > any of the theme settings also cause icons to appear properly, probably
> > because
> > all windows are reloaded.
> > 
> > > What about the GTK icon browser?
> > Everything seems to work and in particular there are no missing icons.
> 
> That's odd, but there I really don't know what may be going on, seeing
> as I can't reproduce it here.
> 
> For the time being, you can set x-gtk-stock-map to nil in early-init.el,
> to make Emacs use its own toolbar icons.

bug#58545: 28.2; Toolbar icons missing until X server is restarted

[Stefan Kangas]

Xuanrui Qi <me@xuanruiqi.com> writes:

> Please mark this bug as resolved.

Done.