Re: theme engines local to a user [solved]

[Andreas Wuest <awuest gmail com>]

Hi

On 5/9/05, Andreas Wuest <awuest gmail com> wrote:

> I am running gnome 2.6.2 on an x86, to which I do not have
> administrative access. Nevertheless, I'd like to run an other theme
> than the ones installed.

[ snip ]

> Now I am running pretty much out of ideas. I would be very happy if
> someone could give me a hint on how to let gtk interoperate with
> locally installed theme engines.

Ok, I found a solution. Themes go into

${HOME}/.themes/

for example ${HOME}/.themes/Grand-Canyon. The engines go into

${HOME}/.gtk-2.0/2.4.0/engines/

for example ${HOME}/.gtk-2.0/2.4.0/engines/libpixmap.so. That's all,
nothing else has to be done, gtk+ will automatically find the theme
engines now.

Oh, and if it still not works, do a

strace gedit >& gedit_strace.txt
grep pixmap gedit_strace.txt

(if you're using libpixmap.so), this should reveal more info (most
likely, you've installed an engine which needs a more recent libglib;
in that case, try to compile the engine yourself).

-- 
Kind regards,
Andi