On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 10:05 -0700, Paul Byrne wrote: > How do I change the GNOME theme on Solaris 10 so the look and feel is > the same as my Ubuntu and other linux boxes ?
Depends what theme you're using on Ubuntu and other Linux boxes :) If you're lucky, you can get most of what you want by copying over the /usr/share/themes/<themename> and /usr/share/icons/<themename> directories to your Solaris box, along with whatever background image you're using (usually found in /usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds/, but not always). Once you've done that, launch the Theme Preferences tool on your Solaris box, and the new theme should show up there. The complication comes in the form of theme engines-- these are libraries that draw buttons, scrollbars etc. in a customised style. If the theme you're copying over uses an engine that doesn't already exist on your Solaris box, you'll have to find the source and compile it yourself, or live with the fact that your theme will look a little different on Solaris. You can see what engines a theme wants to use by grepping for "engine" in its /usr/share/themes/<name>/gtk-2.0/gtkrc file. The engines that come pre-installed with JDS on Solaris 10 can be found in /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/engines (e.g. the "blueprint" engine shows up there as libblueprint.so). Cheeri, Calum. -- CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland mailto:calum.benson at sun.com Java Desktop System Group http://ie.sun.com +353 1 819 9771 Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems
