[ubuntu-uk] GTK/Theme Settings(?) problems
Hi there, I don't often ask for help but I'm not sure exactly what I'm looking for here. http://files.tdobson.net/ss/broken.desktop.png This screen shot, shows my desktop. There seem to be some problems with the theming, or GUI kit or something. I'm using my own layout of a GNOME desktop, which I use in a similar way to how I believe people use IONWM or xmonad - so the row of workspaces are completely normal. However, all the fonts seem much larger, everything seems squared off - like the weather widget has no curves in it at all. Some one said I was running the default GTKv2 theme or something - I have no idea how to change this - I can use the appearances settings thingy to change some of the appearance, however, this does not resolve the major issues and I don't seem to be addressing the real problem. The back story behind this is that I have just hard upgraded from hardy to the dev version of intrepid - it wasn't pretty - and didn't help that I ran out of disk space on my root partition half way through :P however, I sorted it all out and got a relatively workable desktop environment. Anyway, if anyone can help, or point me in the right direction, it would be appreciated. :) Tim -- www.tdobson.net If each of us have one object, and we exchange them, then each of us still has one object. If each of us have one idea, and we exchange them, then each of us now has two ideas. - George Bernard Shaw -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] GTK/Theme Settings(?) problems
Mac wrote: Tim Dobson wrote: ...This screen shot, shows my desktop. There seem to be some problems with the theming, or GUI kit or something. snip Anyway, if anyone can help, or point me in the right direction, it would be appreciated. :) Came across this very recently via FS Daily newsfeed: http://www.cahilig.org/restore-broken-ubuntu-desktop No idea whether it's OK or not - 'at your own risk' as always. But it sounded vaguely relevant. Hmm.. Considering I have quite a custom gnome desktop, i'm not sure this is what i want - I think it is affecting the toolset, not the window manger per se... :-/ Of course, to test it - you don't need to delete it - just rename! -- www.tdobson.net If each of us have one object, and we exchange them, then each of us still has one object. If each of us have one idea, and we exchange them, then each of us now has two ideas. - George Bernard Shaw -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] GTK/Theme Settings(?) problems
Mac wrote: Tim / Jai Yes, you're quite right to be cautious: I only passed the URL on as it might have meant something to you, Tim; but I had no idea what consequences the proposed fix might have (it did look a bit draconian to me!). Of course, as you say, you could risk experimenting by renaming the folders. :) Anyway, if you're trying to restore a very customised desktop, this proposal looks way to radical as a starting point. Sorry can't help more. :-( Don't worry. I appreciate the thought :) -- www.tdobson.net If each of us have one object, and we exchange them, then each of us still has one object. If each of us have one idea, and we exchange them, then each of us now has two ideas. - George Bernard Shaw -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] GTK/Theme Settings(?) problems
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 4:48 PM, Tim Dobson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mac wrote: Tim Dobson wrote: ...This screen shot, shows my desktop. There seem to be some problems with the theming, or GUI kit or something. snip Anyway, if anyone can help, or point me in the right direction, it would be appreciated. :) Came across this very recently via FS Daily newsfeed: http://www.cahilig.org/restore-broken-ubuntu-desktop No idea whether it's OK or not - 'at your own risk' as always. But it sounded vaguely relevant. Hmm.. Considering I have quite a custom gnome desktop, i'm not sure this is what i want - I think it is affecting the toolset, not the window manger per se... :-/ I have seen this before. The problem was permissions on the theme folder. Check it is world-readable in /usr/share/themes, etc. Otherwise it may be related to gconf, I'm not sure what else it could be. Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
