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Stalafin

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From: Berlin, Germany

Registered: 2007-10-26

Posts: 617

[solved] XFCE - cannot adopt different themes

Running XFCE now I cannot change GTK themes. Clearlooks, Murrina, etc. are installed, but when I want to actually change the theme (say, to a dark one), nothing will happen.

Starting an OpenBox environment everything works nicely...

Any ideas what to check for?

Last edited by Stalafin (2008-05-10 21:15:52)

BC

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Registered: 2008-01-29

Posts: 83

Re: [solved] XFCE - cannot adopt different themes

How are you trying to change the GTK theme?  ~/.gtkrc-2.0 won't work, but going through User Interface Settings should.

Stalafin

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From: Berlin, Germany

Registered: 2007-10-26

Posts: 617

Re: [solved] XFCE - cannot adopt different themes

That's how I am trying to achieve things. Settings > User Interface Settings.

Under OpenBox I am using gtk-chtheme...

Odd enough - I just tried gtk-chtheme under XFCE to change themes and it worked... But XFCEs default method doesn't.

paramthegreat

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Registered: 2006-06-27

Posts: 38

Re: [solved] XFCE - cannot adopt different themes

well, the way xfce works is a little bit different. when you use xfce's built-in theme changer, it create a preference in .config/xfce folder. if you have .gtkrc-2.0 in your home directory, that will override any settings xfce creates

so short answer, delete your .gtkrc-2.0 file and then changes made from xfce's UI will work.

Stalafin

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From: Berlin, Germany

Registered: 2007-10-26

Posts: 617

Re: [solved] XFCE - cannot adopt different themes

Now what shall I say? That was the solution!

Thanks a bunch, mate!

synthead

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Registered: 2006-05-09

Posts: 1,337

Re: [solved] XFCE - cannot adopt different themes

Now what shall I say? That was the solution!

Thanks a bunch, mate!

Don't forget to edit your thread topic to say "solved"

Glad you fixed it.