XFCE: Firefox, OpenOffice.org (GTK apps?) look awful

Zaraphrax · 01-05-2011, 10:29 PM

Hi all,

I recently switched from KDE4 to XFCE. So far, very happy. But for some reason Firefox and OpenOffice.org look awful (chunky and blocky). I know on KDE4 I had to change the GTK theme to make them look any good, however I cannot find how to do this on XFCE (and Google has been no help).

Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

Zaraphrax · 01-06-2011, 01:49 AM

Ok, I've managed to fix OpenOffice by installing the openoffice.org-gtk package. But Iceweasel is still looks awful. Is there a way which I can make it look more XFCE-like?

TobiSGD · 01-06-2011, 02:14 AM

You can use tools like gtk-chtheme and gtk-theme-switch to switch your GTK-themes in any DE/WM. Works just fine here.

Zaraphrax · 01-06-2011, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD

You can use tools like gtk-chtheme and gtk-theme-switch to switch your GTK-themes in any DE/WM. Works just fine here.

I had already tried gtk-theme-switch2 and gtk-chtheme, on both of which I have selected the XFCE theme, however this doesn't seem to work for Firefox. Debian also doesn't list gtk-theme-switch in it's repository, so I can't try that one. Sorry I forgot to mention that.

hilyard · 01-06-2011, 11:51 PM

If running a Debian distro, suggest trying smxi.

William (Dthdealer) · 01-07-2011, 12:04 AM

In XFCE:

Menu --> Settings --> Appearance

Try choosing a different theme. If it does not work, change back to you current theme and post a screenshot so we can better understand your situation.

TobiSGD · 01-07-2011, 04:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zaraphrax

Debian also doesn't list gtk-theme-switch in it's repository, so I can't try that one. Sorry I forgot to mention that.

Code:

tobi@monster:~$ cat /etc/issue
Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 \n \l

tobi@monster:~$ apt-cache search gtk-theme-switch
gtk-chtheme - GTK+ 2.0 theme changer and previewer utility
gtk-theme-switch - GTK+ theme switching utility

But anyways, I wonder why that doesn't work, works just fine here.

j1alu · 01-07-2011, 04:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hilyard

If running a Debian distro, suggest trying smxi.

smxi is able to change gtk-themes?

TobiSGD · 01-07-2011, 04:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by j1alu

smxi is able to change gtk-themes?

I don't think so.

j1alu · 01-07-2011, 05:01 AM

Me neither.

Zaraphrax · 01-07-2011, 05:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by William (Dthdealer)

In XFCE:

Menu --> Settings --> Appearance

Try choosing a different theme. If it does not work, change back to you current theme and post a screenshot so we can better understand your situation.

Tried that - no dice. Here is a screenshot.

Zaraphrax · 01-07-2011, 05:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD

Code:

tobi@monster:~$ cat /etc/issue
Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 \n \l

tobi@monster:~$ apt-cache search gtk-theme-switch
gtk-chtheme - GTK+ 2.0 theme changer and previewer utility
gtk-theme-switch - GTK+ theme switching utility

But anyways, I wonder why that doesn't work, works just fine here.

I can install it, but it doesn't seem to run:

Code:

ashton@hubble:~$ sudo apt-get install gtk-theme-switch
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
gtk-theme-switch is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
ashton@hubble:~$ gtk-theme-switch
bash: gtk-theme-switch: command not found
ashton@hubble:~$ sudo gtk-theme-switch
sudo: gtk-theme-switch: command not found

gtk-theme-switch2 works fine though.

TobiSGD · 01-07-2011, 05:44 AM

Surprisingly you have to start it with

Code:

gtk-theme-switch2

Zaraphrax · 01-07-2011, 07:15 AM

See the screenshot. this is the same theme that I have set in XFCE's preferences. I've tried many others in the drop down list as well, but still no dice. Would it be worth purging Iceweasel?

the trooper · 01-07-2011, 07:44 AM

Have you actually installed any themes?.
Have a look in /usr/share/themes.
Also, have a look at lxappearance:

http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/lxappearance