installing themes

[jeisma]

hello!

im running mdk10. gnome 2.4. i want to install a few themes, but after downloading a .tar.gz file, and following the install instruction, the theme doesnt show in the preview, thus i cannot enable it.

and how do i now my gtk version?

any ideas?

thanks!

[bsm2001]

here is how I always install themes in MDK for Gnome open up the .theme in your home folder and untar the files to there.

[canon006]

Sometimes you need to close the Gnome Control Center before the themes show up. On some occasions they've not shown up until I logged out and back in.

[jeisma]

hello!

the new themes still doesnt show. I see the theme folders created in the .themes directory, but still it doesnt show in the preview, and i cnt use it.

what could have i missed?

thanks!

[canon006]

It could be the way it was packaged, sometimes they compress it in an odd way, and there's an extra folder in the way, so the theme selector ignores that theme. You can try comparing that theme to another (make sure it's the same kind like both GTK or both Metacity, etc.) and see if they have the same structure.

I use Mandrake 10 as well, some themes, it seems, simpley won't work, either because of a missing theme "engine"(you can look on art.gnome.org for engines, there's only a few) or because they're made for a later version of GTK/Metacity/Whatever. We're kinda stuck with Gnome 2.4 until Mandrake 10.1, it shouldn't be to long though, community is already out.

[deathadder]

Have you tried selecting 'Custom Theme' and then 'Theme Details' this is the only way I've been able to get the theme's I've downloaded and installed working.

[jeisma]

hi!

yep i can do that, but the themes available are only the standard ones. i dont see anything coming from the 10 or so themes i downloaded, and "installed".

hmm...

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