Xubuntu themes problem

d0lle · 09-16-2007, 11:25 AM

I've been trying to install some eye-candy on my xubuntu xfce.
The gtk-2.0 themes i install works just fine but when i download xfwm4 themes they don't show up in "Settings Manager".
I untar the files in /usr/share/themes. I've read somewhere that i could do this ~/.themes but i have no such directory.
So my question would be, how do i get the xfwm4 themes up and running?

And one more question, does anybody know of a cool lightweight cpu/network monitoring bar?

d0lle · 09-16-2007, 01:51 PM

Please, help?

SilentSam · 09-16-2007, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by d0lle

I've been trying to install some eye-candy on my xubuntu xfce.
The gtk-2.0 themes i install works just fine but when i download xfwm4 themes they don't show up in "Settings Manager".
I untar the files in /usr/share/themes. I've read somewhere that i could do this ~/.themes but i have no such directory.
So my question would be, how do i get the xfwm4 themes up and running?

And one more question, does anybody know of a cool lightweight cpu/network monitoring bar?

Did you try creating a ~/.themes directory and untarring the files there?

monitoring bar recommendation - GKrellM.

d0lle · 09-16-2007, 02:10 PM

Tried it just now, it does not make any difference in the "Settings Manager".

There are alot of themes in the /usr/share/themes directory that does not show in "Settings Manager"

only gtk-2.0

SilentSam · 09-17-2007, 03:15 AM

The default path that the xfwm4-themes packages uses is /usr/share/themes/<theme name>/xfwm/. When you're untarring the theme packages, are they including the subdirectory xfwm4 (basically what I'm asking is are you using the -xsf switch when untarring, and is the archive creating the proper subdirectories)?

If this is the case I'm at a loss

d0lle · 09-17-2007, 10:38 AM

Yes, everyting seems to be as it should be!