myglc2 writes: > Chris Marusich writes: > >> Also, are your XDG environment variables set correctly? See the >> following email thread, which seems related to your issue: >> >> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-01/msg00764.html >> >> I hope that helps, > > Thanks. Don't know. I looked at ... > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-01/msg00764.html > > ... and I have these vars ... > > env | grep XDG > XDG_SESSION_ID=114 > XDG_DATA_DIRS=/gnu/store/jswsfkynf6msmsbvsh2d7hnf4wym6pm9-glib-2.46.1/share:/gnu/store/wmcakj4kvmqs5l5hzbf7iqpxy6gkxkwr-gtk+-3.18.2/share:/gnu/store/xiniqmgmyjj4k85dv07l41ay6lhwk7gp-emacs-24.5/share:/gnu/store/jswsfkynf6msmsbvsh2d7hnf4wym6pm9-glib-2.46.1/share:/gnu/store/wmcakj4kvmqs5l5hzbf7iqpxy6gkxkwr-gtk+-3.18.2/share:/gnu/store/xiniqmgmyjj4k85dv07l41ay6lhwk7gp-emacs-24.5/share > XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1001 > > ... but I don't have the 'XDG_CONFIG_DIRS' var shown in that post. > > BTW, since I posted the bug I switched to running Guix/Debian. The same > icons are missing and I still get similar error messages ... I see. What if you try setting GTK_DATA_PREFIX [1] to the profile where you installed the themes? I don't know if that will work; it's just a guess. [1] https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/gtk-running "GTK_DATA_PREFIX. If set, makes GTK+ use $GTK_DATA_PREFIX instead of the prefix configured when GTK+ was compiled." -- Chris