[SOLVED] setting gdm theme?

Hello!
I have a (noob?) question:
How Do I change the gdm theme? I want to use one of these: http://art4linux.org/pages/gnome.html
But how do I change gdm theme in fluxbox? I know it's easy in gnome..
Last edited by fyllemisstaget (2007-02-03 18:30:03)

they go in /opt/gnome/share/gdm/themes/
at the login, u can configure the login manager
make greeter type \ theme then choose ur theme.

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[Edit] Just noticed that in v0.5.0, all themes work except Adwaita which I'm sure is a GTK3 theme. In v0.5.1, Adwaita is the ONLY theme that works. Maybe lxappearance is built to handle GTK2 or GTK3 themes, but not both? Sorry if I'm confusing the issue any further.
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I hope you guys could help me with the following problem.
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Thanks for posts!
I have done all the steps, but real key was to reboot the system! Even pkill X didn't work. It's now solved.
To give users with the same issue a solution:
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- Be sure that gtk3.0/settings.ini has fallback and icon-theme the same value (not know if it really needed)
- Reboot! pkill X didn't work for me.
Thanks again.

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ewaller wrote:
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Last edited by sweetthdevil (2009-10-22 12:27:16)

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