HOWTO: Change GTK themes for root application & Standard greeter

[Perfect Storm]

Are you tired of that your root applications doesn't match your desktop theme?

Here's the answer, this show with the D3a GTK2 theme. Just change D3a with your favorite GTK theme:

cd /home/orion/.themes
sudo cp -r  d3a /usr/share/themes
sudo gedit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf

Now I changed under [gui]

GtkTheme=d3a
GtkThemesToAllow=d3a


Check the attached snapshot of Package Manager, it's now with D3a theme instead of human theme.
This will also change the Standard greeter GTK theme.

[PinGzor]

Thanks! Needed this fix

[j_baer]

Artificial Intelligence,

Thanks for the tip, worked great.

j baer

[Perfect Storm]

Glad to be a help ^_^

[Buffalo Soldier]

Something I've been looking for quite some time. Thanks

[Yukonjack]

Thanks a bunch Artificial Intelligence!
Good stuff

[Quest-Master]

I've been looking for this one too. Nice job.

[donar73]

I've been looking for this for weeks! Thx alot!

[Perfect Storm]

No problem.


If I'm not mistaken (I havn't tried it yet) if you add in 'GtkThemesToAllow=d3a' with other themes like this: 'GtkThemesToAllow=d3a, human, etc., etc.' then you can choose which themes to use in the Standard Greeter or replace d3a with 'all' then you can choose all the gtk themes. Though you have to install them as shown in the first post. These themes can only be changed when you're Standard greeter log in screen, there's a tab called 'themes'.



.:=The AI Dude=:.

[Chayyiel]

Awesome! I'll give this a shot.