Re: Choosing my own GTK theme
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On 05/23/09 18:19, T o n g wrote:
> On Sat, 23 May 2009 09:28:51 +0100, Harry Rickards wrote:
>
>>> I just found out that the GTK themes look different in my account than
>>> it should. E.g., the bg_color for the Crux theme in gtk2-engines is
>>> #d3d7cf, however, it shows as #f6f6f6 in my account. If I create
>>> another account, all themes show up correctly, whereas in my account
>>> every single themes in gtk2-engines looks somewhat different.
>>>
>>> My fist thought is that it is because of my daunting GTK related config
>>> files, So I did
>>>
>>> cd
>>> rm -rf .gconf .gconfd .gnome/ .gnome2/ .gnome2_private/
>>> .gstreamer-0.10/
>>>
>>> To clean them up. But still, the problem remains the same.
>>>
>>> What could be the reason? How could I fix it?
>> Try deleting .gtk-bookmarks, .gtkrc-2.0 and .gtkrc-2.0-custom.
>
> I don't have .gtk-bookmarks, and .gtkrc-2.0-custom. The .gtkrc-2.0 is
> auto-generated by gtk-theme-switch2, so I didn't think it would work but
> gave it a try. To my greatest surprise,
>
> Removing ~/.gtkrc-2.0 did the trick. All the themes in gtk2-engines look
> as expected afterward. However, if I use gtk-theme-switch2 to pick own
> GTK theme (ie. save a new ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file) then redo startx, all themes
> in gtk2-engines looks somewhat different again.
>
> Does anyone have similar experience?
>
> Thanks
>
> PS.
>
> $ cat ~/.gtkrc-2.0
> # -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN BY gtk-theme-switch2 DO NOT EDIT
> include "/usr/share/themes/Crux/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"
>
> include "/home/tong/.gtkrc-2.0.mine"
>
> # -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN BY gtk-theme-switch2 DO NOT EDIT
>
> $ ls /home/tong/.gtkrc-2.0.mine
> ls: cannot access /home/tong/.gtkrc-2.0.mine: No such file or directory
>
>> If that doesn't work and you're using GDM
>
> I use startx to launch xorg.
>
Try making /home/tong/.gtkrc-2.0.mine as a blank directory maybe? Also,
from the looks of the net you might have to delete ~/.gtkrc as well (if
you have it).
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Many thanks
Harry Rickards
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