On 20/10/16 11:54, Bryon Adams wrote:
> On 10/19/2016 04:38 PM, Stephen Morris wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have downloaded several themes from
Gnome-looks.org for GDM, but I
>> can't find any documentation on the net for installing the theme (not
>> just the background picture) that actually works for F24. I've found
>> lots of documentation for updating the default background, but none of
>> that documentation is valid on my system as either the specified picture
>> file doesn't exist in the directory specified or the specified directory
>> doesn't exist. The files I've downloaded are tar.gz files which
>> Gnome-tweak won't accept as being Gnome-shell theme files (I've found
>> lots of doco on the net when searching for updating GDM themes that talk
>> about configuring Gnome Shell).
>>
>> Does anyone have any ideas on where I need to put the extracted
>> directories and how I tell GDM which of those themes to use?
>>
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> Steve
>>
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>
> Hi Steve,
> I believe you just need to dump them into "/usr/share/themes/" if
> you want everyone on the system to have access. Otherwise it should
> just be "~/.themes/" or "~/.local/share/themes/"
> I just put the one I use into "/usr/share/themes/" since I don't
> usually install things for single users. After that you need to fire
> up gnome-tweak-tool (if it was already open, close and re-open it) and
> select your new theme from the various drop downs in the Appearance tab.
Thanks Bryon, I've extracted the files to their directories and copied
them into /usr/share/themes, but none of the drop downs in the
Appearance tab in Gnome-tweak-tool show any of the new themes. Is
/usr/share/themes to location for GDM themes?
I've seen some doco on the net for installing GDM themes in Fedora that
talk about having to update config files but I wasn't able to find the
documented config files on my system. Is modifying config files the only
way to update GDM themes, and if so which files do I need to update?
regards,
Steve
>
> Cheers,
> Bryon
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What theme are you trying to install? If you could provide the link to
where you got it from that would be helpful. I'll see if I can get it to
work. Like I said before, I use a theme with an installer so it's
possible I have the method incorrect.