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synthead

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Registered: 2006-05-09

Posts: 1,337

uglier xfce ... strange ... [solved!]

I've installed Arch on many a computer (my "best friend" OS now ), and I just bought a 1.6 Ghz laptop from my boss at work (it's SWEET, hot ... DAMN!!).  Of course, the first thing I crammed in the DVD burner (told you it was sweet) was an Arch linux installation CD ...

... Anyway, I pacman-ned xorg and xfce ... but ... it's not pretty!  I like the tidy prettiness of XFCE4, you know, the clean, gradient'ed scrollbars, taskbar, tabs, etc ... for some reason it looks very default-QT-theme-ish.  I dunno what it is ... I tried doing the windows-style pacman -Rs xfce4, then pacman -S xfce4, but nothing really.

I'll take a screencap if it helps, but has anybody encountered this situation?

ARCH BOMBS ON THIS LAPTOP, btw   Like rocket science.

synthead

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Registered: 2006-05-09

Posts: 1,337

Re: uglier xfce ... strange ... [solved!]

Here's a screenie ...

AndyRTR

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From: Magdeburg/Germany

Registered: 2005-10-07

Posts: 1,641

Re: uglier xfce ... strange ... [solved!]

Do you have latest gtk-xfce-engine/gtk-engines installed?

synthead

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Registered: 2006-05-09

Posts: 1,337

Re: uglier xfce ... strange ... [solved!]

ahhh it's all perty again!  hahaha ... you were right on.  pacman -Syu and clever enough, that was the only package that didn't get upgraded somehow.  Perfect!  Thank you for your help!

Spider.007

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Registered: 2004-06-20

Posts: 1,175

Re: uglier xfce ... strange ... [solved!]

Might I add that clearlooks conflicts with gtk-engines; will clearlooks be upgraded?

AndyRTR

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From: Magdeburg/Germany

Registered: 2005-10-07

Posts: 1,641

Re: uglier xfce ... strange ... [solved!]

gtk-engines pkg contains clearlooks.

stonecrest

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From: Boulder

Registered: 2005-01-22

Posts: 1,190

Re: uglier xfce ... strange ... [solved!]

gtk-engines pkg contains clearlooks.

The clearlooks package contains some offshoot color schemes (Clearlooks-Olive, for example). Ideally it would be nice if the gtk-engines package included these and then the clearlooks package could be deleted..

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Spider.007

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Registered: 2004-06-20

Posts: 1,175

Re: uglier xfce ... strange ... [solved!]

gtk-engines pkg contains clearlooks.

I just found that out as well. Might it be an idea to let the gtk-engines provide clearlooks; so pacman understands it too; and would remove clearlooks in favor of gtk-engines?