[SOLVED]Cannot change icon theme LXDE

Kopkins · 2013-03-12 02:17:34

Hello,

Ive been trying for a while now to change the icon theme. I have previously and I'm not sure what the problem is. Right now my icon theme is set to Oxygen and I tried to change it to another, but when I hit apply the button darkens but no changes actually take place. Logging out/in doesn't affect anything. My system is fully upgraded using lxappearance 0.5.2-1. I'm using LXDE with openbox

I also tried changing it manually with

/usr/share/icons/defaults/index.theme

[icon theme]
Inherits=theme_name

Which also has no effect. I also cannot get gnome screensaver working correctly. Can I address that here or should I start a new thread?

Thanks,
Kopkins

Last edited by Kopkins (2013-03-12 17:30:27)

henk · 2013-03-12 04:24:19

As root you can put the 'new-icon-theme' folder in /usr/share/icons, and afterwards you should be able as user to change the icons under 'Customize Look and Feel'
I don't know if it should make any difference, but have you installed gtk3 as well as gtk2?

As for the screensaver:https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LX … _with_LXDE
BTW, it has a nice section about icons included.

Kopkins · 2013-03-12 04:35:38

I have a lot in /usr/share/icons

I've changed icons before along with cursor with customize look and feel, but for some reason it stopped working. I can select the icon theme I want from the list in customize look and feel and press apply, but nothing changes.

As for gnome screensaver I've tried what's in the wiki there for both the icons and screensaver. When I login it has a little window that says 'Failed to load session "gnome".' I use slim for login, could that be an issue with gnome-screensaver?

~/.config/autostart/gnome-session.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Exec=/usr/bin/gnome-session

This means I have both gtk2 and 3 right?

[user@K-3000-N100 ~]$ pacman -Qs | grep gtk
[sudo] password for user: 
...
local/gtk2 2.24.16-1
...
local/gtk3 3.6.4-2
...
...

Lots of Icons..

[user@K-3000-N100 ~]$ ls /usr/share/icons
Bluecurve                      FlatbedCursors.White.Regular  oxy-neon
Eclipse                        FlatbedCursors.White.Small    oxygen
FlatbedCursors.Black.Huge      Human                         pArch-24
FlatbedCursors.Black.Large     Humanity-Colors-Blue          pArch-32
FlatbedCursors.Black.Regular   Humanity-Colors-Dark-Blue     pCircle-24
FlatbedCursors.Black.Small     NITRUX                        pCircle-32
...

Thanks,
Kopkins

Last edited by Kopkins (2013-03-12 04:41:35)

anonymous_user · 2013-03-12 04:41:53

Delete ~/.gtkrc-2.0 and try changing the icon theme again.

Kopkins · 2013-03-12 05:34:36

I can't find a file by that name on my system, either in root or /home/user/

`find / -name .gtkrc-2.0' came up with nothing. `rm ~/.gtkrc-2.0' reported no file.

[user@K-3000-N100 ~]$ sudo find / -name gtk
[sudo] password for user: 
/usr/share/wicd/gtk
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk
/usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk
/usr/include/gtkmathview/gtk
/usr/include/gtk-unix-print-2.0/gtk
/usr/include/gtk-3.0/gtk
/usr/include/gtk-3.0/unix-print/gtk
/usr/include/libgoffice-0.8/goffice/gtk

Any of those I should try to delete?

bananas4370 · 2013-03-12 06:09:53

Have you tried the info in the wiki?

Installing Mouse Cursor Themes

Cheers
Patrick

bademaister · 2013-03-12 09:07:38

Maybe the Theme is missing a necessary gtk-engine.

Which Theme you want to apply?

Did you install

gtk-engines
gtk-engine-murrine
gtk-engine-unico

?

Maybe one of them is missing.

Kopkins · 2013-03-12 13:04:24

bademaister wrote:

Which Theme you want to apply?
Did you install
gtk-engines
gtk-engine-murrine
gtk-engine-unico
?
Maybe one of them is missing.

That's the thing, I can't change to any theme. Not even the default. It's not that it changes and just doesn't look any different. Customize look and appearance is on the same theme each time I reopen it. I installed Nitrux from the AUR and a humanity theme I found on gnome-look. Right now I'm using an oxygen-gtk theme, but I can't change to any other theme. I have the three engines.

$ pacman -S gtk-engines gtk-engine-murrine gtk-engine-unico
warning: gtk-engines-2.21.0-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: gtk-engine-murrine-0.98.2-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: gtk-engine-unico-1.0.2-3 is up to date -- reinstalling

anonymous_user · 2013-03-12 14:41:59

Kopkins wrote:

I can't find a file by that name on my system, either in root or /home/user/
`find / -name .gtkrc-2.0' came up with nothing. `rm ~/.gtkrc-2.0' reported no file.
[user@K-3000-N100 ~]$ sudo find / -name gtk
[sudo] password for user: 
/usr/share/wicd/gtk
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk
/usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk
/usr/include/gtkmathview/gtk
/usr/include/gtk-unix-print-2.0/gtk
/usr/include/gtk-3.0/gtk
/usr/include/gtk-3.0/unix-print/gtk
/usr/include/libgoffice-0.8/goffice/gtk
Any of those I should try to delete?

That is strange. Try changing the theme manually:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gtk#GTK.2B_2.x

Kopkins · 2013-03-12 16:58:07

[user@K-3000-N100 ~]$ cat ~/.gtkrc-2.0
gtk-icon-theme-name = "NITRUX"

That should be good right? Log out/in and no changes. Also tried it with other themes too.

anonymous_user · 2013-03-12 17:00:43

Which GTK theme are you using? Try changing it to Clearlooks, Mist, etc, then try changing the icon theme.

Kopkins · 2013-03-12 17:01:17

bananas4370 wrote:

Have you tried the info in the wiki?
Installing Mouse Cursor Themes
Cheers
Patrick

I'm not trying to change cursor themes. And I tried everything I came across in the wiki, though I know I didn't see everything.

Kopkins · 2013-03-12 17:14:44

anonymous_user wrote:

Which GTK theme are you using? Try changing it to Clearlooks, Mist, etc, then try changing the icon theme.

Widget theme = Oxygen-gtk # I can change this fine. Just changed it back to clearlooks.
Icon theme = Oxygen #this is what is stuck.
Mouse cursor = DMZ #can change fine
window border = Clearlook #can change fine

anonymous_user · 2013-03-12 17:16:52

What happens if you uninstall the oxygen icons?

Kopkins · 2013-03-12 17:21:19

It seems like it was oxygen that was doing it. It was the widget theme that overrode the icon theme. By having oxygen as the theme it wouldn't let any other icons work. Using clearlooks now with humanity-color icon theme.

Thanks anonymous. Any ideas on gnome screensaver? or should I start a new thread?
The icon part is solved.

Kopkins

anonymous_user · 2013-03-12 17:28:26

Mark this thread as solved and then make a new thread for your gnome screensaver problem.

Kopkins · 2013-03-12 17:29:55

Thanks again.

henk · 2013-03-12 17:41:08

About the screensaver, you could try to add the gnome-session.desktop to /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart.
I too use LXDE, and everything I need to autostart is stored here.
my autostart:

@lxpanel --profile LXDE
@xscreensaver -no-splash
@nitrogen --restore
@conky
@tint2

Edit: oops, didn't catch the previous posts, sorry

Last edited by henk (2013-03-12 17:43:50)

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