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is it possible to disable gnome themes, so that programs such as Firefox or Xchat display there original skin/theme and not a gnome theme? im running Vector Linux 5, with fluxbox.
thanks comprookie2000, changing the .gtkrc-2.0 file worked, and programs are now a normal grey (not that pinstripe blue colour ;/ is there a line i can add to the file to increase the font size?
I think you can but I can't remember how. For firefox I just change the dpi.
It is in the fonts advance menu.
I just did a search and there are alot of hits with .gtkrc-2.0 fonts like http://jamesclarke.info/notes/GtkFonts
Here is some fluxbox themes if you want to check them out.
They will be the ones ending in tar.gz or tar.bz2.
I have some other stuff mixed in there... http://www.abbottdavid.com/styles/
Also if you have an LCD save as this file in your home directory; http://www.abbottdavid.com/styles/.fonts.conf
Helps the fonts alot.
If it doesn't just delete it. You will need to restart X for the changes I think.
Last edited by comprookie2000; 04-17-2006 at 03:28 PM.
yeah ill try those themes for fluxbox, ive only been using it for about a week now, but i prefer its flexibility and speed over Gnome or Kde. i have another question for you, regarding fluxbox, when i add users to my system, which files should i edit to set a theme and background for all users? any other tips or tricks you can give me on fluxbox would be much appreciated.
Each distro may be different mine is in;
/usr/share/fluxbox/init
Each user should have /home/therename/.fluxbox/init
once they start fluxbox for the first time.
This is a good read; http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/docbook/en/html/
hmm, once i have created a new user,i dont see any new user folder in the /home directory but i think this my be a Vector linux specific question, so ill post it in the VL forum.
hey comprookie, those fluxbox styles i downloaded from your site are pretty good, particularly liked 'graphite integration', and 'abbott'(which is yours i believe), theyve given me some ideas on how to improve my own style
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