GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 108366
"Install New Theme" does not make theme available
Last modified: 2005-02-01 23:46:52 UTC
I attempted to install a few theme tarballs using the Theme Manager, but the Manager wouldn't display them as available themes. I used both the drag-and-drop method and the "Install New Theme" button, and then for kicks I went in as root and installed it by hand in the (proper?) directory. No go. So far as I could determine, the Manager was installing the tarred dirs to ~/.themes/ , and would show them to me when I asked to see the directory ("Go To Themes Directory" showed ~/.themes/)... but was only showing the two default system themes in the "Installed Themes" pane. I tried specifying the tarballs, the untarred theme directory, and the .gtkrc file with no success. Even the ones I installed manually did not show up (though /usr/share/themes/ may not have been where it was looking for systemwide ones). I now have several nice themes in ~/.themes/ , but am unable to use them. Either I am entirely unclear on the concept, or there's a disconnect here between installing the theme and making it available to implement. Thanks, --Alison
Does it appear when you restart the theme manager?
I closed the theme manager and reopened it multiple times while I was working on the problem, and I just logged out of Gnome and back in as well. Nothing has changed. Would those things restart it, or is there an explicit restart process I need to do by hand? --Alison
Closing and opening is what I meant. Do the themes contain an index.theme file? The idea of a theme is complex and not clear from the user interface. Let me explain. A theme can contain a control (GTK) theme, window border theme, and icon theme. These are specified in a file in the theme tarball called index.theme. If you just install a GTK "subtheme", it won't appear in the main list because the other components of the theme aren't specified (so there is no index.theme). However, you should be able to choose an existing theme, choose "Details", and select the Gtk theme. If the Gtk theme appears in the "Details" window, then the theme is being installed OK. It's still a major usability bug, but one that we know about. But if the Gtk theme does not install in the "Details" window, it's a different bug.
Yes, i am having the same problem. I d/led like 10 themes and got only one to work...and im not even sure. I checked the code it and it looked alright so i'm not really sure.
do you still have this problem ? could you provide some details on the themes you are trying to install (gtk/icon/metacity themes ? which ones ?) ?
Well, considering I filed the bug twenty months ago and have upgraded twice since then, I can't recall. Sorry. --Alison
but do you still have this bug with the current version ?
Reopening to mark as duplicate.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 102149 ***