[SOLVED] Can't use themes after switching from KDE to Gnome

I've just switched my desktop environment from KDE to Gnome, and am unable to use GTK themes properly.
When I was using KDE, I had qtcurve-gtk2 with gtk-theme-switch2 installed, with QtCurve as the chosen GTK theme.  I have uninstalled both qtcurve-gtk2 and gtk-theme-switch2 when I made my switch to Gnome, but it seems my GTK themes are still controlled by the QtCurve engine, and I can't use GTK themes via Gnome's Appearance Preferences.
Last edited by samjh (2009-09-24 13:33:02)

Thanks for the reply, but it's not the answer.  Gtk-chtheme changes the GTK theme that QtCurve uses.  The problem I have is that although I've removed QtCurve from my system (including configuration files using pacman's -Rn option, and the configuration file in my /~ directory), my Gnome system is still using QtCurve for themes, blocking other theme engines from running.  So I'm really looking for a way to get back the ability to use proper GTK/Gnome themes, not QtCurve.
To clarify again:
1. I used to have a KDE installation.  I used qtcurve-gtk2 for to theme my GTK apps to conform with KDE look and feel, with gtk-theme-switch2 to set the style for QtCurve.
2. I removed KDE from my system, and in the process, I also removed (manually and using pacman -Rcn) qtcurve-gtk2 and gtk-theme-switch2.
3. I installed Gnome, along with gtk-engine-murrine, murrine-theme-collection and gtk-rezlooks-engine.
4. When I access the Appearance Preferences dialog, all my themes are previewed using KDE's Oxygen-style buttons.  I am only able to use/activate GTK control themes (ie. I cannot use Murrine, Rezlooks, or other non-GTK2 theming engines, even though they are installed).  Even more strangely, if I switch to a GTK control theme to something other than Clearlooks, the buttons change to the appropriate theme, but the scroll bars are stuck on the Clearlooks look-and-feel.  Metacity theming is fine.
I have reinstalled and re-removed qtcurve-gtk2 and gtk-theme-switch2.  I have completely removed Qt from my system.  I have also searched (using the find command) for any files of qtcurve, and removed every trace of it.  But the old QtCurve configuration is still preventing non-GTK2 themes from running, and causing rendering flaws for scrollbar controls.
Last edited by samjh (2009-09-23 23:39:39)

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