gkrellm skins and synaptic

Charles Malespin charles.malespin at gmail.com
Tue May 24 20:06:14 UTC 2005


On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 20:51 +0100, david wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 20:02 +0100, david wrote:
> > On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 19:50 +0100, david wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 13:19 -0500, Charles Malespin wrote:
> > > > Is there a repo that has some gkrellm skins? I am looking for the
> > > > invisible skin, but I cant seem to find where/how to get and install it.
> > > > I am new to ubuntu so I am still kinda getting used to not using rpms
> > > > and things like that. Thanks!
> > > > Charles
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > Go here
> > > http://www.muhri.net/gkrellm/
> > > Go to bottom of page and in the search window type "invisible".
> > > In the page that opens up, right click on the image and choose "save
> > > target as".
> > > 
> > > regards
> > > 
> > > nux
> > 
> > Make that "save link as" (apologies).
> > Then, copy the .tar.gz file to /home/xxx/.gkrellm/themes (where xxx is
> > your user area), then right click on invisible.tar.gz and choose "open
> > with archive manager" and click on extract. The path will default to the
> > dir you are currently in. This method is easier than using "extract
> > here" which extracts everything into an unasked for new folder.
> > The theme will now show up in the gkrellm config window.
> > 
> > nux
> > 
> > 
> Folders that start with a dot (.gkrellm) are hidden from normal view.
> When in Home Folder, go to View and then Show Hidden Files to reveal
> hidden folders. (There are quite a few). Ctrl + H also does the same.
> 
> Sorry if these instructions are a bit disjointed.
> 
> nux
> 
> 

Oh, Im sorry.  I guess I didnt make it very clear what my problem was.
I found the grkellm/themes folder(it was hidden, but I got to it), and I
copied the tarball to the folder.  Then I opened the folder and
extracted it.  It then just created a folder in the themes folder(named
gkrellmskins)  but when I try to open any of the themes, they are still
tar files.  So I extract them using the app manager, but they dont show
up in the gkrellm manager.  It shows the skins folder, but says there
are no skins to choose from.  Does this help clarify the problem?
Thanks again for the help, 
Charles





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