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spookshow

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From: abbotsford, bc

Registered: 2006-11-15

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xfwm not loading themes [solved], icon issues, cursor issues

i'm stuck on a userinterface theme, and i can't change it at all, the sizes of the fonts and such change, but nothing more, no colours or anything, just started today, haven't installed any new packages. anyone else getting this?
(i have been having this problem with murrine engine the whole time, no murrine themes will work)

any ideas?

edit: just checked, works under root login, just not my own. permission problem maybe? ( i still haven't figured out where themes are stored on xfce.. help there too?)

also, when i install cursor themes from /community they all show up under icon themes, and i can't find where to put icon themes for them to properly work too, i'd hate to have to go back to gnome

edit: ok, found the themes dir in /opt/xfce4/share/themes (currently all dir's are drwxr-xr-x)
and found gtk in /usr/share/themes (currently all dir's are drwxr-xr-x)
and found icons in /opt/xfce4/share/icons (currently all dir's are drwxr-xr-x)

what should perm's be for themes?

Last edited by spookshow (2007-04-05 02:21:42)

junglepeanut

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From: California

Registered: 2007-01-24

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Re: xfwm not loading themes [solved], icon issues, cursor issues

I have murrine themes in .themes. You can change the default directory when it is run root if I remember correctly. (And the root directory is not the .themes if I remember too.)

Try copying the theme from /oPT/blah to .themes that you want to use.

Stock themes (non murrine) work, right?

spookshow

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From: abbotsford, bc

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Re: xfwm not loading themes [solved], icon issues, cursor issues

no themes are working right now. all window borders are though.
i don't currently have a .themes dir, i did a while ago, but they weren't showing up in the ui chooser last time

stonecrest

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From: Boulder

Registered: 2005-01-22

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Re: xfwm not loading themes [solved], icon issues, cursor issues

If you have a ~/.gtkrc-2.0, rename it to ~/.gtkrc-2.0.bak

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spookshow

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Re: xfwm not loading themes [solved], icon issues, cursor issues

oh cool! thanks! that solved that problem!