Ubuntu 10.04 Theme not properly working.

Asked By Cortt 220 points N/A Posted on - 05/24/2011

Hi,

I am a Linux user, my desktop is "Ubuntu 10.04".

I have downloaded and installed, “Tropical” theme from here.

All the changes are fine, but the background and Login screen is not updated.

Any idea why? Am I missing something ?

Thanks.

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Answered By David Fisher 0 points N/A #102345

Ubuntu 10.04 Theme not properly working.

When you apply any theme, it is only applicable to the user who installed it(obvious, because it’s a multi user system). All the users may want their own themes, wall papers blah blah., and they may also not like the login screen!

So if you wish to alter the login background, you have to do it from “gdm”. The theme also should be installed, system wide (available under /usr/share/themes).

Open up a terminal-

gksudo -u gdm dbus-launch gnome-appearance-properties

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Answered By Cortt 220 points N/A #102346

Ubuntu 10.04 Theme not properly working.

Thanks very much for the reply. Now I understand why it didn’t work. Anyway, after running the command the theme problem is gone. But I see the universal accessibility widget, in the top panel. Its annoying.

How do I remove it?

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Answered By David Fisher 0 points N/A #102347

Ubuntu 10.04 Theme not properly working.

1. Go to Control Centre> Keyboard > Accessibility tab.
2. Turn of the Universal Accessibility features.

Anyway if you are using Compiz, you can reset the widget settings. In case you want to start over, you have an option of resetting everything.

Unity –reset

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Answered By Cortt 220 points N/A #102348

Ubuntu 10.04 Theme not properly working.

Thanks, but doing a little experiment on my own caused another irritation.

The shutdown, restart and log off buttons are gone. I can add them separately, but they are not acting like the original one's . What's that? And yes, I am using gnome not unity.

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Answered By David Fisher 0 points N/A #102349

Ubuntu 10.04 Theme not properly working.

Hmm, an old pal of mine had the same kind of problem. It’s the mysterious, “Indicator Applet Session” you want to add. Thought the name is not much explanatory.

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Answered By Cortt 220 points N/A #102350

Ubuntu 10.04 Theme not properly working.

Perfect!

That’s nice dude.

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