Why is kvantum a dependency for garuda-gnome-settings?

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I have GNOME version of Garuda installed. One of the more recent updates for garuda-gnome-settings requires kvantum as a depdency, but when that’s installed, it messes with some apps’ theming

For reference, I forced dark mode onto a couple apps by following this tutorial:https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/n80xdi/is_there_a_way_to_force_dark_mode_onto_apps_that/

But kvantum keeps overriding it. If possible, could I just roll back the garuda-gnome-settings update and ignore it in the future?

System:
  Kernel: 6.7.9-x64v-xanmod1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-xanmod
    root=UUID=30342c7e-f5f2-4539-b072-b8c3e5701d39 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: GNOME v: 45.4 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: gnome-shell
    tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy dm: GDM v: 45.0.1 Distro: Garuda
    base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: B550 Phantom Gaming 4/ac serial: <filter>
    uuid: 7059a1a8-f454-0000-0000-000000000000 UEFI: American Megatrends LLC.
    v: P2.20 date: 02/24/2022
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X socket: AM4 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Zen 3+ gen: 4 level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm)
    family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA201016
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB
    L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
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    base/boost: 3800/4850 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance
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    5: 3800 6: 3800 7: 3800 8: 3800 9: 3800 10: 3800 11: 3800 12: 3800
    13: 3800 14: 3800 15: 3800 16: 3800 bogomips: 121365
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
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    driver: nvidia v: 550.54.14 alternate: nvidiafb,nouveau,nvidia_drm
    non-free: 545.xx+ status: current (as of 2024-02; EOL~2026-12-xx)
    arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie:
    gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports:
    active: none off: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 06:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:2482 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Microdia Dual Mode Camera (8006 VGA) driver: hid-generic,usbhid
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-1:2
    chip-ID: 0c45:8006 class-ID: 0301
  Display: server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
    display-ID: :1 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3520x1189 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 931x315mm (36.65x12.40")
    s-diag: 983mm (38.69")
  Monitor-1: DP-1 mapped: DP-0 note: disabled pos: primary,top-left
    model: Sceptre K25 built: 2022 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 90 gamma: 1.2
    size: 543x302mm (21.38x11.89") diag: 621mm (24.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-0 note: disabled pos: bottom-r
    model: HP V20 serial: <filter> built: 2021 res: 1600x900 hz: 60 dpi: 94
    gamma: 1.2 size: 432x240mm (17.01x9.45") diag: 501mm (19.7") ratio: 16:9
    modes: max: 1600x900 min: 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
    drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
    inactive: wayland,device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 550.54.14
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
    memory: 7.81 GiB
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 1 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
    GeForce RTX 3070 Ti driver: nvidia v: 550.54.14 device-ID: 10de:2482
    surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 06:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASRock
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 08:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.7.9-x64v-xanmod1-1 status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.3 status: n/a (root, process) with:
    1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active
    3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: ASRock driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    port: f000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 05:00.0
    chip-ID: 8086:24fb class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp5s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-9:6 chip-ID: 8087:0aa7
    class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.2
    lmp-v: 8 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 4.55 TiB used: 582.56 GiB (12.5%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD10EZEX-00BBHA0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 QVO 4TB
    size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 1.2 TiB size: 1.2 TiB (100.00%) used: 582.53 GiB (47.5%)
    fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sdb5 maj-min: 8:21
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
    used: 28.7 MiB (29.9%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/sdb1
    maj-min: 8:17
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.2 TiB size: 1.2 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 582.53 GiB (47.5%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sdb5
    maj-min: 8:21
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 1.2 TiB size: 1.2 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 582.53 GiB (47.5%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sdb5
    maj-min: 8:21
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.2 TiB size: 1.2 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 582.53 GiB (47.5%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sdb5
    maj-min: 8:21
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 50 (default 100)
    zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.27 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 16 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 50 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
  Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.27 GiB used: 3.19 GiB (10.2%)
  Processes: 581 Power: uptime: 2m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 12.45 GiB services: gsd-power,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Packages: 1749 pm: pacman pkgs: 1696 libs: 521 tools: paru pm: flatpak
    pkgs: 53 Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi (sudo) default: fish
    v: 3.7.0 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.33
Garuda (2.6.23-1):
  System install date:     2024-03-08
  Last full system update: 2024-03-09
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
  Windows dual boot:       Yes
  Failed units:

output of upd -- kvantum-kvantum-qt5:

 :: Synchronizing package databases...
 garuda is up to date
 core                  134.0 KiB   338 KiB/s 00:00 [----------------------] 100%
 extra                   8.4 MiB  7.55 MiB/s 00:01 [----------------------] 100%
 multilib              142.5 KiB   367 KiB/s 00:00 [----------------------] 100%
 chaotic-aur             2.5 MiB  2.80 MiB/s 00:01 [----------------------] 100%

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:: Synchronizing package databases...
 garuda downloading...
 core downloading...
 extra downloading...
 multilib downloading...
 chaotic-aur downloading...
spawn pacman -Su kvantum kvantum-qt5
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

warning: insufficient columns available for table display
Packages (20) btrfs-assistant-2.0-1
              cachyos-ananicy-rules-git-20240309.r307.gcaaa9cd-1  dracut-059-6
              gcr-4-4.2.1-2  gnome-disk-utility-46.0-1
              gpt4all-chat-git-r1704.61d67653-1
              lib32-faudio-tkg-git-24.03.r3.gcfdc4db-1
              lib32-librsvg-2:2.57.2-1  lib32-xz-5.6.1-1  librsvg-2:2.57.2-1
              poppler-24.03.0-1  poppler-glib-24.03.0-1  poppler-qt6-24.03.0-1
              proton-ge-custom-2:GE.Proton9.1-1  qt6-5compat-6.6.2-2
              wget-1.24.5-1  xz-5.6.1-1  yt-dlp-2024.03.10-1  kvantum-1.0.10-3
              kvantum-qt5-1.0.10-3

Total Download Size:    261.35 MiB
Total Installed Size:  1187.28 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       -18.32 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
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Please, post always the garuda-inxi

And add

upd -- kvantum kvantum-qt5
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Apologies, just added both to the post. I also realized that apparently I can just remove garuda-gnome-settings and the system still works? Would putting anything kvantum related on the list of ignored updates/installs be a good idea?

Edit: or, is there a way to have it not immediately alter app themes when installed?

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I guess I don’t understand the problem, the two packages were added to GNOME, for which we currently have no maintainer, to fix bugs.
Apparently the opposite is the case for you?

As so often in life, the proof of the pudding is in the eating, try it. :slight_smile:

As long as no partial upgrades are created!

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Luckily, none were. But the first time kvantum was on my system, a few apps’ themes (kdenlive, megasync, actiona) and pop-out windows looked pretty bad, which is why I removed it. Without it, apps were colored the way they were supposed to without glaring visual glitches. This time around wasn’t as bad, I just don’t get why it forcefully alters themes on my qt apps

Seems just removing garuda-gnome-settings works too… not sure if that’s ideal but nothing seems to be broken after a reboot

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Due to some changes in Gnome, Kvantum became pretty much the only reliable way to get a consistent theme on Qt apps. Since the Garuda apps are all Qt, we wanted to set something up to establish this theming out of the box.

In /etc/profile.d/environment.sh there is a script which sets the QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE environment variable to kvantum. etc/profile.d/environment.sh · master · Garuda Linux 🦅 / Themes and Settings / Settings / Garuda GNOME settings · GitLab If you unset this variable, that should prevent Kvantum from overriding your customized themes.

You could comment out that line, however since it is part of garuda-gnome-settings package it might get overwritten with updates. An alternative solution would be to override it with another script in /etc/profile.d. Just make sure it is named alphabetically “later”, so the script is sourced after the existing one.

sudo micro /etc/profile.d/zzz_override.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Override QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE=kvantum so it stops messing with my stuff

export QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE=""

sudo chmod +x /etc/profile.d/zzz_override.sh

Yes, it should be fine. This package does provide a few configuration settings, but mostly just helps set up the default theme. You should be fine to remove it if you want to.

If you want to learn more about what this package provides, you can browse through the directory tree here and take a look at the files inside: Files · master · Garuda Linux 🦅 / Themes and Settings / Settings / Garuda GNOME settings · GitLab

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Solves my issue, thanks for the quick breakdown!

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