ianw1974 Posted May 29, 2005 Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 Sorry, this is really gonna sound stupid. I usually use KDE, and I figured I'd just have a look at Gnome. However, I downloaded some themes, and I can't figure out how to get them to work. They are either GTK1 or GTK2 themes. I tried System/Configuration/Gnome/Theme but this only has default ones listed. Can someone point me in the right direction?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowe Posted May 29, 2005 Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 Well i just run gnome-theme-manager. Sounds like that's where you've been, so i'll show you a screenshot. (click to enlarge) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted May 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 Yes, that's where I've been. I downloaded, extracted, then pointed to the directory, but it doesn't apply it. Do I have to put them somewhere special? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowe Posted May 29, 2005 Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 You don't need to extract the themes, infact if i extract them they don't seem to work. It's different with icons though, you need to extract them. I put all mines in ~/.themes . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted May 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 OK, I moved them here, but it didn't work, so I extracted them and all is OK now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted May 29, 2005 Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 (edited) With file-roller installed, I think the easiest way is to click on the tarball and use file-roller to extract them to .icons or .themes. This is because sometimes the gnome-theme-manager doesn't work depending on version and/or bz2's or whatever. I rather not hassle with 'IF'. Edited May 29, 2005 by bvc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted May 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 OK, I'll see if I can find it. I also have metacity themes too, do these go under ./metacity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted May 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 OK, all sorted now. Many thanks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted May 29, 2005 Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 (edited) No, metacity themes go in .themes They originally did go in .metacity a few years ago, but changed to .themes almost immediately. Tip: If you install a theme and find it doesn't work there are two things to check; 1. open the dir and see if there's compiling files like 'configure'. If there is it is an engine and not 'just' a theme. You can find all engines in rpm format except for the experience-gtk-engine (I've never seen an rpm). Or, have fun and complie the engine ./configure --prefix=/usr make make install (as root) 2. Open the gnome-theme-manager from a terminal and see what errors you get when starting it. Look for errors for the theme you are trying to use. This may be helpful http://art.gnome.org/faq.php Edited May 29, 2005 by bvc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet2k5 Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 Since we are on the topic of changing themes. How does one change mouse themes? If you can make it Ubuntu specific :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 (edited) apt-get install gcursor then go>menu>System>Preferences>Cursor Selection Edited May 30, 2005 by bvc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 (edited) also on the changing themes in gnome subject, if you have trouble with the gnome-theme-manager, you can use the gconf-editor>desktop>gnome>interface to change icon and gtk themes and apps>metacity to change metacity themes or from commandline (example) gconftool-2 --type=string --set /apps/metacity/general/theme name_of_theme I recommend EdgeSoft ;) Edited May 30, 2005 by bvc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet2k5 Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 While we are at it, what about sound themes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 d/k have never used one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet2k5 Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 lol great! that sucks I'm really disappointed in you bvc. You are nothing short of the Gnome Guru, and you dont know what the sound manager is?!? wtf! j/k lol, even the people in #gnome don't know, and they are suppose to be what the call ' developers ' if gnome doesn't have one they should comeo out with one :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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