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Lost Ubuntu window theme/decoration. Looks regular GTK, can't change it.
Recently I've been trying to make my ATI/Intel graphics card work, without any success, and suddenly I now have this on every Window.
Any ideas how to fix this? Unity and everything works fine. It's ...
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Difference between “Gtk+ theme” and “Current theme” entries in Gnome Tweak Tool
As you can see below, Adwaita is selected both as the Gtk+ theme, and the Current theme.
What is the difference? Also, some themes are available as "current" and others as Gtk+ ones.
Also, why do ...
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I cannot open any GUI application after do 'apt-get remove gnome*' - what can I do?
Every time I run UI applications like firefox or chrome or qtoctave etc I get these GTK warning:
(firefox:27271): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_settings_set_long_property: assertion `GTK_SETTINGS ...
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Editing the GtkNotebok's Default Popup Menu
I'd like to know if it's possible to append a menu item to the popup menu that appears by default on right-clicking a GtkNotebook's tab page.
Thanks.
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Disable desktop and let a custom gtk+ app runs in fullscreen
I'm working on customizing ubuntu for an organization i wrote a gtk+ application for. I want it such that after login in a specific user - the only application that runs is the gtk+ application. just ...
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what is KDE, GTK, GTK+, QT, and/or GNOME? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What different desktop environments and shells are available?
I'm new to Ubuntu (and linux in general). Some times when looking at programs in the Ubuntu Software ...
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Custom Theme gtk menu background problem
I am on 12.04 and 3.4 gnome at the moment. I did a gnome update to 3.6 and downgraded back to 3.4 as it was not working. Now I have this annoying problem with gtk-themes. The default themes work ...
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Ugly/Inconsistent Theming in Ubuntu Gnome 12.10
Some applications are displaying really ugly widgets and menus. I think it's a GTK issue and perhaps more particularly, only applies to GTK2 apps but I'm not sure. The numerous questions on here that ...
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Ambiance GTK theme customisation *just* for one user
Is it possible to customise the appearance of the Ambiance theme just for one user?
I have read about the possibility of doing this:
sudo vim /usr/share/themes/Ambiance/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
but could ...
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Ugly right-click menu and menubar in some applications
After installing some packages (unfortunately I can't remember which ones) and installing some GTK3 themes (Faience / Faenza), my terminal's menubar and the right-click menu (in some contexts) started ...
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Gnome-tweak-tool not working on Ubuntu Gnome Remix 12.10 [closed]
I'm experiencing some problems with Ubuntu Gnome Remix 12.10 64bits.
My gnome-tweak-tool doesn't apply themes properly. For the gkt themes, I noted that they are not fully applied. For example, I ...
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Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 LTS - Using Gnome 2, Metacity, Flux
I have a fine-tuned and tested setup I can deploy onto GNOME using gconftool and other scripts. I would like to use these configuration settings on Ubuntu too.
I have selected Gnome Classic without ...
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How to update gtk-3.4 themes to the new gtk-3.6
Is it too complicated to achieve? if it's not could you tell me how, please. I have some basic knowledge about gtk and css. Also, is this going to continue happening each time gnome releases a new ...
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How to use a different gtk (gtk3) theme for some applications?
I want to use a custom theme for Nautilus and for some other applications but I want to keep the generic theme for the rest of the applications and system.
I know it can be done in gtk2.
For ...
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GTK2.0 Theme problem with button foreground
I have noticed that i can only change the foreground color of a gtk2.0 theme button with the "default" style.
I did it like:
style "default" {
fg[NORMAL] = "#000000"
fg[PRELIGHT] ...
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No longer running a gnome-session; how do I get the nice GTK theme back?
I changed my desktop environment (I forget exactly how) to remove the gnome panels and instead I'm using xmonad and xmobar and just terminal windows and so on. It seems I'm no longer running in a ...
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How can i fix the GTK hightlighted contex menues problems?
Here's a screenshot of the trouble I'm experiencing.
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How to move the lock window on the lock-screen?
Is it possible to move the window where you input your password on the lock screen away from the center, e.g. at the lower edge?
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1answer
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Hide window title in gnome-shell using mutter, gdk, wnck or gtk
I'm after a way to:
get list of all application windows currently open, as a Gdk or Gtk window
remove window decorations for selected windows (maximised in my case).
I'd like to do this using ...
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gtk theme became ugly [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Appearance does not change on switching the theme
I just run unity-greeter from terminal it worked without any problems but my theme changed to ugly default theme of ...
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1answer
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Gnome 3 - Old fashioned buttons and menus [closed]
I've upgraded to Gnome 3 and the problem I'm facing is that when I restart, sometimes the menus and buttons look old-fashioned like this:
whereas sometimes, it looks modern and neat like this:
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Can I assign custom keyboard shortcuts for menu items in applications?
OSX allows user to add custom keyboard shortcuts for menu items. For instance you can define a custom keyboard shortcut for "Copy" and it will work for every application that has a menu item called ...
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1answer
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Difference between GTK theme and GNOME shell theme?
I'm using gnome shell and I'd like to know what a GTK theme changes that a gnome shell theme doesn't.
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2answers
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How can I restore a broken theme in GNOME Shell?
My GUI has changed into some crappy looking theme, I don't know why it happened and I want to get the default looks back!
It happened after I was mucking around trying to get the purple grub menu ...
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GTK+ in Kubuntu apps look bad
I have installed Evolution email client on Kubuntu 11.10 and it's not so cute as expected.
Eclipse also looks bad. I have the GTK+ Appearance plugin in KDE System Settings and already tried QTCurve ...
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How to get back GNOME 2.x & GTK 2.x in 11.10? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Will I be able to run Gnome 2 in 11.10?
I would like to get back my GNOME 2 desktop and GTK 2 and it's applications and also GDM instead of the new one. How is this ...
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1answer
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Can't run GNOME Shell extensions - Gtk-CRITICAL errors in gnome-tweak-tool
I have GNOME Shell 3.2.1 installed on Ubuntu 11.10, and I'm trying to install extension on it. I downloaded via apt-get dock and alternative-status-menu, and ofcourse gnome-tweak-tool, but the ...
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1answer
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Compiling GTK2 from source
I download and try to compile the source code for GTK2:
sudo apt-get build-dep libgtk2.0-0
sudo apt-get source libgtk2.0-0
cd gtk+2.0-2.24.6/
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
And I get an error:
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Gnome-terminal scrolling behavior not affected by change in GTK3 source code [closed]
I needed to change the mouse wheel scroll rate in GTK applications. I downloaded and modified GTK3 source code. I recompiled it. It did the trick for gedit and nautilus. But did not do it for ...
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1answer
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I modified GTK3 source code and recompiled: No effect
In Ubuntu (Gnome) there is absolutely no way the change the mouse wheel scroll rate for GTK applications. It is hard-coded in GTK and determined by a "smart" algorithm which dynamically depends on the ...
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How can I reset my desktop to be like new?
After I upgraded to 11.10, I made some mistake which totally destroyed Unity(I'm not sure at all what I did). I deleted all the configuration files that I knew of, and now at least it will start, but ...
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Can I hide the title bar of a window?
I'm on a 10.04 machine with MPlayer, version SVN-r1.0~rc3+svn20090426-4.4.3.
When you invoke MPlayer from the command line to show a file, it displays the file within a window. This bar has a title, ...
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1answer
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Gnome issues after downgrading from Gnome 3
I followed this post on AU and then downgraded back to 2.32. Then I followed a tip in a post asking me to add the gnome3 PPA to install a package dconf-settings-backend because my settings weren't ...
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4answers
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How do I fix my theme? [closed]
After installing and using Ubuntu 11.10 for while I decided to install gnome shell. After Installing and rebooting my system I saw that Ubuntu light theme (ambiance/radiance) is gone.
I check ...
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what is the difference between a GTK theme, Metacity theme, and Emerald theme?
I keep seeing themes as being labelled as metacity or GTK or Emerald. From reading in other places, I gather that Metacity is a window manager and changes the window borders, so what is a GTK theme? ...
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How to fix pink borders in GTK+ 3?
I have problem with standard gnome3 theme "Adwaita". How to fix it?
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1answer
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Apps run as root appearing like win 98 style after installation of gnome 3
I installed Gnome 3 using Ricotz's PPA. Then all windows using sudo and gksu is looking like its running under windows 98.
System Specs:
Intel Core 2 duo
Nvidia 6200
Ubuntu 11.04
I ...
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2answers
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My gnome-shell gtk theme is really ugly [closed]
I have installed gnome shell on my Ubuntu 11.04. It gave me an error about
E: /var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-session_3.0.1-0ubuntu1~build1_all.deb: trying to overwrite ...
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1answer
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dist-upgrade to natty set gnome theme to old gtk look [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Desktop forgets theme?
On dist-upgrade to natty there was some message about gtk and the gnome look was set to the old gtk style.
How to check the cause of that? I am ...
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1answer
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Why can't files be renamed by using F2 on the open files dialog screen?
Why is it not possible to edit file names in the open file window dialogues? For instance, by pressing F2 (as per example on LibreOffice open document window dialogue).
This is very useful and ...
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Difference between vim-gtk and vim-gnome
How are the packages vim-gtk and vim-gnome different from each other? I've tried both and the resulting Gvim feels the same (to me). If there is no difference, why are both packages maintained?
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What new features does GTK+3.0 introduce?
And how will it improve other GTK themes such as Ambiance or Elementary?
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2answers
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how to adjust “contrast” of a gtk2 theme?
I'd like to reduce the contrast of the GTK widgets, that is, make the borders less articulate. E.g. in the screenshot below, the separator above and below the toolbar is very strong. I'd like smoother ...
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How to get “smooth scrolling” system-wide?
I found an amazing extension for Google Chrome called SmoothScroll. It makes scrolling webpages extraordinarily visually appealing, just like in opera.
I was wondering if I could find something like ...
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Ubuntu: “Editable Menu Accelerators” (on a per app basis). Where is this option?
I keep seeing references to a config option calld Editable Menu Accelerators or Editable Menu Shortcut Keys.
This is exactly what I need, but all the directions I've read about how to find that ...
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Where can I get themes and eye-candy for my desktop?
Apart from those themes in the repository and Gnome-look.org, are there other places to get themes for my Ubuntu Desktop?
Also, are there any 3rd party repositories of themes and other eye-candy?
