Panel/menu font won't change

[Brian Pack]

On Sunday 06 August 2006 11:13, Brian Pack wrote:
> On Sunday 06 August 2006 02:59, marc wrote:
> > Brian Pack said...
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> > > On Friday 04 August 2006 15:37, Brian Pack wrote:
> > > > I'm trying to change the panel and menu font by going through
> > > > System->Preferences->Font and changing the Application font. I'm not
> > > > getting any response. Works fine as root GNOME session, but not as my
> > > > regular user session.
> > > >
> > > > I started with a Kubuntu installation, then added Xubuntu and finally
> > > > Ubuntu. Is there a conflict with Kubuntu or Xubuntu settings I
> > > > haven't found yet?
> > >
> > > Additional: Created a new user and logged into a GNOME session. Works
> > > as=20 intended. It has to be something with KDE that's causing a
> > > conflict. No=20 noticeable KDE processes running that I can immediately
> > > suspect as the=20 culprit.
> >
> > Just as a matter of interest: do you use Krusader?
>
> No I don't.
>
> Starting with KDM, I'm going to purge out stuff I'm not using until I find
> the culprit. (in the intrests of time, though, I'm not about to check after
> each package. So it'll be in large enough chunks to still keep the K apps I
> regularly use.)

It wasn't a app after all. it was detrius from gtk2-engines-gtk-qt. It put a 
gtk2rc (I think that was the name) file that locked the font setting in 
place. Delete that, log out and back in, and I've got things working as they 
should.
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