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danboston
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 Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2016 1:49 pm Post subject: xfce: gtk theme change is ignored |
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Gentoo 64 bit. Recent install of xfce. Attempting to switch gtk themes. No effect. I switch to a theme that I know is dark & blue yet things remain light: nothing happens.
To clarify: using Settings Manger -> Appearance. We're talking gtk, not the xfwm theme. xfwm themes work.
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fedeliallalinea
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Which theme? For apply Ambiance theme I change in Settings Manger -> Window Manager
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fredbear5150
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Does it change to the correct theme if you log out and back in again?
I seem to remember something similar with MATE 1.8 which is one of the reasons I switched to XFCE. Something to do with a glib issue IIRC, but I do remember the correct theme would appear by logging out and back in again. |
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fedeliallalinea
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| Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2016 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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| fredbear5150 wrote: | | Does it change to the correct theme if you log out and back in again? |
Yes, before plasma5 I used xfce4 and now I use it on my virtual machine and I have no problem with changing themes.
You can try to create a new temporary user and see if also with this you have problem with themes.
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danboston
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Had been changing gtk themes via Appearances submenu. Not to be confused with xfwm themes, which have been working
Logging out and back again didn't help. Neither did rebooting.
I finally stumbled onto a solution, while fixing something else. Setting up policy kit as described here was the cure. Most unexpected.
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stqn
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| Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2016 3:33 am Post subject: |
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| You need dbus running for Xfce settings changes to be applied. |
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