Lubuntu 14.04 Ignores User Color-Customization

Sun May 4 11:55:42 UTC 2014

The problem here aren't the themes, is the XSettings daemon. Each
environment has its own: XFCE has xfce4-settings-manager, Gnome has
gnome-settings-daemon, etc.

The package you're looking for is lxsession. LXDE has a standalone version
of the daemon, called lxsession-daemon which loads independent config
files. I need to do more tests to see if this is working.

But I insist, this "bug" is not theme related.

--
Rafael Laguna
Lubuntu Artwork Team

2014-05-04 5:11 GMT+02:00 Israel <israeldahl at gmail.com>:

>  On 05/03/2014 08:03 PM, Aere Greenway wrote:
>
> On 05/03/2014 06:48 PM, Israel wrote:
>
> On 05/03/2014 07:26 PM, Aere Greenway wrote:
>
> Rafael:
>
> I will report it as a bug.  What package should it be reported against?
>
> Unfortunately, it appears to be one more step down the Ubuntu road of
> taking away customization.  So I'm doubtful anything will come of it.  But
> it means a lot to me, so I will report it, nevertheless.
>
> It may well be the end of color customization.
>
> - Aere
>
>
> On 05/03/2014 05:33 PM, Rafael Laguna wrote:
>
>  More clues. I've tested on a few environments.
>
>  1. Lubuntu does no colorize at all. Nor fgtk2 nor gtk3.
> 2. XFCE (using Shimmer's gtk-theme-config) DOES colorize only gtk2 (pretty
> normal, as usually gtk3 is not able to do this)
> 3. Mate. The same as XFCE, only colorizes gtk2 apps (I insist, gtk3 apps
> cannot be colorized as is, they need to be tweaked via .gtk-3.0 RC).
> 4. Ubuntu hasn't this feature anymore.
>
>  So, as colorization works in every environment as eexpected, the problem
> is ours. But themes react fine in other desktops, so there's no problem at
> all on engines or themes RC files.
>
>  So, once tested all steps, there's only one left: the LXDE session
> settings daemon. Shall we declare it as a bug?
>
>
>  --
> Rafael Laguna
> Lubuntu Artwork Team
>
>
> 2014-05-04 0:23 GMT+02:00 Rafael Laguna <rafaellaguna at ubuntu.com>:
>
>>  Yes, I can't customize Lubuntu-default, experimental Box, or even
>> Adwaita. Now I'm testing Xubuntu themes and they seem to be un-colorizable
>> too. Something's happening to the Desktop Settings daemon. It's not theme
>> or engine related. It also affects GTK3.
>>
>>  Let me try more tests on other environments and I hope to have an
>> answer or, at least, a clue.
>>
>>
>>
>>  --
>> Rafael Laguna
>> Lubuntu Artwork Team
>>
>>
>> 2014-05-03 22:37 GMT+02:00 Aere Greenway <Aere at dvorak-keyboards.com>:
>>
>>  All:
>>>
>>> I encountered a problem with Lubuntu 14.04 which (to me) is a
>>> show-stopper.  I'm sure it isn't as important to others.
>>>
>>> I have my own peculiar style of customized colors.  One of the main
>>> reasons my primary system uses Lubuntu is because of the
>>> color-customization, which retains the ease-of-use that was present in
>>> Ubuntu 11.04.
>>>
>>> I upgraded a Lubuntu 13.10 system for which the colors worked fine.
>>> After the upgrade to 14.04, the color customization does not appear in any
>>> windows I have tried (and I have tried a lot of them).
>>>
>>> Even in the window where you change the appearance with custom colors,
>>> it shows that it remembers the colors I specified, but the specified colors
>>> are not used in the window in which I specify them.
>>>
>>> It appears that color-customization can be done in the preferences
>>> settings, but the color customization you specify is universally ignored.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any idea of how to make color-customization work in
>>> Lubuntu 14.04?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Aere
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Sincerely,
> Aere
>
>
>
>  Of course you can always make your own theme, so it will never be dead.
> I have made a few themes for the WM, and the panel is still customizable
> fortunately.
> @Aere, Rafael did say the bug was in lubuntu session settings daemon.
>
> --
> Regards
>
>
>
>  Israel:
>
> Is there something in the repository you install to build your own theme?
> If so, what is the package name I should use (or search-for)?
>
> Using Synaptic Package Manager, searching for 'lubuntu', I do not see
> anything that resembles "lubuntu session settings daemon".  Do you know
> what the package name is for it?
>
> --
> Sincerely,
> Aere
>
>  Aere, it depends on what kind of theme you are making.  If you want the
> widgets (buttons, progress bars etc...) that is GTK, which I don't know a
> whole lot about.
> If you are talking about window borders, etc.. that is openbox.  Openbox
> themes are simple xml files, that you can edit by hand (or programatically
> if you fancy).
>
> Before you go downloading Geany for some Openbox fun try out:
> http://box-look.org/
>
> You can also browse for GTK themes:
> http://xfce-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode=100
> (If I remember Lubuntu might support GTK3 also... but I don't know for
> 100% sure off the top of my head)
>
> I hope this helps
>
>
> I think the package with the issue is related to the lxsession package....
> but Rafael, or one of the developers may have a better idea what part is
> actually the problem.
>
> --
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>
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