[ubuntu-uk] GTK/Theme Settings(?) problems

[Matthew Wild]

On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 4:48 PM, Tim Dobson <personalwebsite at army.com> wrote:
> Mac wrote:
>> Tim Dobson wrote:
>>> ...This screen shot, shows my desktop. There seem to be some problems with
>>> the theming, or GUI kit or something.
>> <snip>
>>> Anyway, if anyone can help, or point me in the right direction, it would
>>> be appreciated. :)
>>
>>    Came across this very recently via FS Daily newsfeed:
>>
>> http://www.cahilig.org/restore-broken-ubuntu-desktop
>>
>> No idea whether it's OK or not - 'at your own risk' as always.  But it
>> sounded vaguely relevant.
>
> Hmm..
> Considering I have quite a custom gnome desktop, i'm not sure this is
> what i want - I think it is affecting the toolset, not the window manger
> per se... :-/
>

I have seen this before. The problem was permissions on the theme
folder. Check it is world-readable in /usr/share/themes, etc.
Otherwise it may be related to gconf, I'm not sure what else it could
be.

Matthew.