[SOLVED] Gtk Window Controls are quite ugly

oblogathon · 2008-10-23 23:46:08

I've been using Arch for a few days now (I've messed around with other distros in the past and have okay linux expereince) and my gtk controls look ugly no matter what I do. I'm using clearlooks (which should look closer to this if you're not familiar, but it only seems to change a few basic things about windows. My ~/.gtkrc-2.0 looks like this:

gtk-theme-name="Clearlooks"
gtk-icon-theme-name="Tango"
gtk-font-name="Sans 10"
gtk-toolbar-style=0
include /home/ /.gtkrc-2.0.mine

That's an image of these symptoms. Not only are the controls ugly, but highlighted fonts lack any contrast with the window background! This is more than an inconvenience, it makes productivity difficult when I can't read things that are selected.

I'm using openbox.

Last edited by oblogathon (2008-10-24 00:21:48)

creslin · 2008-10-23 23:52:47

This line should work for setting the theme:

include "/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"

Square · 2008-10-24 00:11:08

Eh, do you have the clearlooks engine installed?

I know it may be a dumb question, but it has to be asked.

oblogathon · 2008-10-24 00:12:07

I've added that line and I'm still having these problems. Things clearly change when I modify my gtkrc, but scrollbars, buttons, etc. seem to stay ugly.

creslin · 2008-10-24 00:15:59

In that case, check what Square said and make sure you have the engine and not just the theme:

$ pacman -Q clearlooks

Last edited by creslin (2008-10-24 00:16:21)

oblogathon · 2008-10-24 00:17:57

Square wrote:

Eh, do you have the clearlooks engine installed?
I know it may be a dumb question, but it has to be asked.

I extracted the folders in /themes/ from the clearlooks .tar.bz2 to /usr/share/themes

Is that all I had to do, or should I have actually installed it somehow?

Edit:

Ah, I am an idiot.

Can someone explain these theme engines to me? I'm not sure why I assumed I only had to install the theme, but there's clearly a critical thing here I was missing

Last edited by oblogathon (2008-10-24 00:19:08)

Square · 2008-10-24 00:18:04

Actually... I think the package with the clearlooks engine is

pacman -Q gtk-engines

oblogathon · 2008-10-24 00:21:32

Anyway, installing gtk-engines solved my problem

Thanks Square, I guess I only made a dumb mistake but you were so much help.

creslin · 2008-10-24 00:21:51

gtk-engines is an underlying dep of clearlooks, but I believe you still need clearlooks to use the clearlooks themes:

edit: apparently you don't.. I guess the clearlooks package just contains themes, but its pacman description makes it sound like the engine itself.

Last edited by creslin (2008-10-24 00:27:11)

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