Re: Gnome questions.

[Raj <ringuva novell com>]

> 01. How do i tell my suse to get gnome from /mygnome, and also i want 
> the gdm login prompt.

Check /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager

> 02. when ever i run a gtk/gnome application, i'm getting these warning 
> messages
>
>    Gtk-warning*** Unable to locate theme engine in module path: 
> 'qtpixmap'
>
> apparently qtpixmap is not installed and i've installed qtpixmap. But 
> now i'm not getting these warning messages, but the windows look and 
> feel are of KDE/Keramic, rather than gtk native. Why is that so. ??

This depends on the window manager. The window decorations depend on the 
window manager
you are running.

> I've tried changing theme using gnome-theme-manager, but nothing 
> happened. what i've observed is when ever i run a gtk/gnome 
> application from KDE, i'm getting this behaviour. If i run on other 
> DE, i'm getting the native gtk look and feel. My question, how can i 
> avoid the gtk warning on qtpixmap, and at the same time, i get gtk 
> look and feel, when i'm on kde.
Window manager needs to be metacity for a GNOME look and feel.

> 03. When ever i run any application (say gnome-font-properties), i'm 
> getting the warning message,
>
> Could not find the icon 'gnome-settings-font'. The hicolor icon theme 
> was not found either. blah.. blah.. blah..
>
> But i've installed hicolor icontheme, before installing any gtk/gnome 
> package. whats wrong with the installation.
Mostly path settings. Once you login through GDM i guess these should go 
away.

Regards,
Raj