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dEnDrOn 07-08-2011 05:04 AM

help with installing GDM login window theme...
 
i downloaded themes from http://gnome-look.org/ & http://art.gnome.org/themes
But i can't figure out how to install them !
I'm running fedora 15,GNOME 3

TobiSGD 07-08-2011 05:06 AM

Open your theme-manager and drag and drop the downloaded files onto it. Alternatively unpack those files and move the unpacked folders either to ~/.themes (theme only available for that user) or /usr/share/themes (theme available system-wide).

dEnDrOn 07-08-2011 05:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD (Post 4408661)
Open your theme-manager

i use gnome-tweak-tool to switch themes.
I'm running fedora 15,gnome3

dEnDrOn 07-08-2011 05:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD (Post 4408661)
Alternatively unpack those files and move the unpacked folders either to ~/.themes (theme only available for that user) or /usr/share/themes (theme available system-wide).

i moved the folder to
Quote:

/usr/share/themes
How do i install theme now,i can't see theme in gnome-tweak-tool

TobiSGD 07-08-2011 05:34 AM

I don't use Gnome, so I can only guess, but in my experience most theme-managers have to be restarted when you install themes not using the theme-manager.

dEnDrOn 07-08-2011 06:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD (Post 4408684)
I don't use Gnome, so I can only guess, but in my experience most theme-managers have to be restarted when you install themes not using the theme-manager.


restarting won't help too !
any other idea ?

TobiSGD 07-08-2011 06:42 AM

Have you tried if it works in ~/.themes?

dEnDrOn 07-08-2011 07:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD (Post 4408715)
Have you tried if it works in ~/.themes?

how do i install theme after putting it in the directory ?

TobiSGD 07-08-2011 08:03 AM

It should show up in your theme-manager. Have you untarred those files? For themes it is normally
Code:

tar -xf THEMENAME.tar.gz
which results in a directory. This directory has to be moved completely to one of those folders.

MTK358 07-08-2011 08:50 AM

Could you extract the archive and list the contents?

Also, your title seems to imply that you think that tar.gz files are special files for themes or something. They are just archives, similar to .zip files.

dEnDrOn 07-08-2011 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD (Post 4408744)
It should show up in your theme-manager. Have you untarred those files? For themes it is normally
Code:

tar -xf THEMENAME.tar.gz
which results in a directory. This directory has to be moved completely to one of those folders.

i've already extracted the contents of tar.gz folder...and put the extracted folder in /themes

TobiSGD 07-08-2011 08:16 PM

It is not /themes, it is ~/.themes, which is an abbreviation for /home/USERNAME/.themes. Note that dot before themes, which means that this directory is hidden normally.

dEnDrOn 07-08-2011 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MTK358 (Post 4408786)
Could you extract the archive and list the contents?

folder contains:
Quote:

gtk-2.0
index.theme
index.theme~
metacity-1
Quote:

Also, your title seems to imply that you think that tar.gz files are special files for themes or something. They are just archives, similar to .zip files.
i definitely know that those are archives but i'm trying to learn how to install them but in my case it contains theme..

dEnDrOn 07-08-2011 08:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD (Post 4409374)
It is not /themes, it is ~/.themes, which is an abbreviation for /home/USERNAME/.themes. Note that dot before themes, which means that this directory is hidden normally.

i've put the folder in
Quote:

~/.themes

MTK358 07-08-2011 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dEnDrOn (Post 4409382)
folder contains:

What does "folder" mean here? Does the archive contain a single directory that contains those files? If you're not sure, post the output of this command:

Code:

tar tf path/to/archive.tar

TobiSGD 07-08-2011 08:29 PM

May it be that it doesn't work because it is a theme for Gnome 2 but you are using Gnome 3?

dEnDrOn 07-08-2011 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MTK358 (Post 4409387)
What does "folder" mean here? Does the archive contain a single directory that contains those files? If you're not sure, post the output of this command:

Code:

tar tf path/to/archive.tar

Code:

Doka/
Doka/gtk-2.0/
Doka/metacity-1/
Doka/gtk-2.0/Panel/
Doka/index.theme
Doka/index.theme~
Doka/gtk-2.0/gtkrc~
Doka/gtk-2.0/panel.rc
Doka/gtk-2.0/panel.rc~
Doka/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
Doka/metacity-1/metacity-theme-1.xml
Doka/metacity-1/metacity-theme-1.xml~
Doka/metacity-1/minimize-focused.png
Doka/metacity-1/maximize-focused.png
Doka/metacity-1/close-focused.png
Doka/metacity-1/close-prelight-focused.png
Doka/metacity-1/metacity-theme-1.xml~~
Doka/metacity-1/maximize-prelight-focused.png
Doka/metacity-1/minimize-prelight-focused.png
Doka/metacity-1/minimize-prelight.png
Doka/metacity-1/maximize-prelight.png
Doka/metacity-1/background-inactive.png
Doka/metacity-1/maximize.png
Doka/metacity-1/minimize.png
Doka/metacity-1/background.png
Doka/metacity-1/rect3351-4-4.png
Doka/metacity-1/close-prelight.png
Doka/metacity-1/close.png
Doka/metacity-1/bar.png
Doka/metacity-1/gloss.png
Doka/gtk-2.0/Panel/panelbutton2.png
Doka/gtk-2.0/Panel/panelbutton3.png
Doka/gtk-2.0/Panel/panel-bg.png


dEnDrOn 07-08-2011 08:37 PM

folder ~/.themes contains gnome shell themes but i'm trying to install GTK+ theme.
Isn't there another location for those ?

TobiSGD 07-08-2011 08:44 PM

Nope, they go into the same folder. But Gnome 3 is using GTK3, so that theme should also contain a GTK-3.0 directory, so I assume that it is only a GTK2-theme.

dEnDrOn 07-08-2011 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD (Post 4409398)
Nope, they go into the same folder. But Gnome 3 is using GTK3, so that theme should also contain a GTK-3.0 directory, so I assume that it is only a GTK2-theme.

OK....
So,where are those GTK themes anyway ? (default is adwaita)

also,i'd like to confirm the whole process, please tell me if i miss something !

Quote:

i get a GTK3 theme--->>extract tar.gz folder contents--->>put the folder in ~/.themes--->>selects the theme from gnome-tweak-tool directly
will the theme appear in gnome-tweak-tool automatically as shell themes do ?

TobiSGD 07-08-2011 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dEnDrOn (Post 4409404)
OK....
So,where are those GTK themes anyway ?

The themes that come with the distribution should be in /usr/share/themes.

Quote:

also,i'd like to confirm the whole process, please tell me if i miss something !
Seems to be fine.

Quote:

will the theme appear in gnome-tweak-tool automatically as shell themes do ?
I have not much experience with Gnome 3, but if it works as any other DE then the tweak tool should show the theme automatically.

dEnDrOn 07-08-2011 08:55 PM

how do i install GDM themes ?
i've a login windows theme...tar.gz folder contains :
Code:

olho/olho.xml
olho/olho.jpg
olho/GdmGreeterTheme.desktop


dEnDrOn 07-08-2011 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD (Post 4409398)
Nope, they go into the same folder. But Gnome 3 is using GTK3, so that theme should also contain a GTK-3.0 directory, so I assume that it is only a GTK2-theme.


ohkk...i got a GTK3 theme and installed it successfully but i can't figure out how to install a GDM theme that i specified earlier

TobiSGD 07-08-2011 09:17 PM

Sorry, can't help with that, I am not using GDM.

dEnDrOn 07-08-2011 10:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD (Post 4409418)
Sorry, can't help with that, I am not using GDM.

ohkkk...^_^
thanks for your help...:hattip::hattip:

dEnDrOn 07-09-2011 08:15 PM

can GDM theme be configured in GNOME 3 ?
I read somewhere that it is no more configurable !


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