Re: Repost : problem with gnome themes ... (gtk.themes how to fix)

[Ryan Leduc <leduc control toronto edu>]

I have found that many gtk themes don't work "out of the box" with
gnome.

I have figured out how to get most of them working (all but "Executive"
theme)

I'm using RPMs, and my gtk themes are in /usr/share/themes
If the theme capplet isn't putting your themes here, you can always 
untar them here yourself..  (you know you are in the right directory
because the default pixmap theme is here.)

Let's say you have installed "OldWood"

cd /usr/share/themes/OldWood

make sure there is a gtk subdirectory.  If not, make one and move all
files but the README.html there.

go into gtk directory and look at the gtkrc

Look for any directory paths hardwired:

OldWood comes with:

pixmap_path "/usr/local/share/themes/OldWood"

As your files are under /usr/share/themes
you can see the problem.  You can comment this out, or correct the
path..
The theme should now work..

If it doesn't, check that all the files are world readable, and that the
directories are readable and executable:

>ls -l gtkrc
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        23272 Feb 23 16:18 gtkrc

>ls -l
total 2
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         2048 Feb 23 16:18 gtk/


That should do it..

I also had problems with gnome 1.0.1 and themes..  When I selected them
from the control-panel, only some of the theme changed..

I deleted a file: ~/.gnome/theme-switcher-capplet

and all was well...


Ryan

If not use chmod a+r * to fix this









Georges-Henry Portefait wrote:
> 
> Greetings to all,
> 
> I have a problem with theme from the control center .
> 
> when I start the control center, I have 5 themes ( I download most of
> them )
> Is 's :
> BeOS
> Default
> Metallic
> OldWood
> macos8.5
> 
> If I choose let s say old wood, what I see in the preview window is a
> brown theme with NO texture at all !! I guess something is going wrong
> here !?! Of course I I try this theme I have nothing but brown windows
> WITHOUT textures those themes comes from themes.org and for example old
> wood is fully textured.
> 
> Plus can someone explain how to use the install new theme button on a
> real example ??
> 
> It seems that something is broken. I never got this to work. How can I
> downgrade to default install to see if it is working with the default
> themes ?? then maybve I ll try those ones
> 
> Is somebody using this themes management from GNOME ??
> 
> any clue/tip/help  you can provide
> 
> Best regards to all,
> 
> GH Portefait
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