On 10/21/2016 09:27 PM, Stephen Morris wrote:
On 21/10/16 10:48, Bryon Adams wrote:
> On 10/20/2016 05:16 PM, Stephen Morris wrote:
>> 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.
Thanks Bryon, the themes I'm trying to use are anotherworld_GDM,
ClawGDMCorp, CrispClearMorningwithUserList and dmintrepid which I
downloaded from the GDM Themes section of
Gnome-Look.org.
regards,
Steve
>
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Yeah, Sam was correct in that I had this confused for GTK themes. I
apologize for leading you incorrectly. I cannot find that
anotherworld_GDM and the other two don't look to have been updated in
nearly a decade on
gnome-look.org. I believe it's by design that you
aren't able to modify the login screen. I haven't tested it, but the
Arch Wiki has a method for changing the GDM greeter at
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GDM
It could be worth a shot, and if you want it looks like you could script
it (they did some of it for you already). There's also an installer for
a graphical utility, but the Fedora version hasn't been updated past F22
or Gnome 3.16. Beyond this I'm not sure.