Gnome-Tweak-Tools

[Aydos]

I have Fedora 15 with Gnome Shell running.

I download some themes and have them in the usr/shared/themes folder with the default themes like instructed on the many sites.

I have gnome-tweak-tools installed, but when I go to the section where you choose a theme there is a yellow box with an error saying that I cannot use extensions or do not have any installed or something along those lines. I am sorry I am at work on a Windows 7 PC with no access to the error.

I also installed the gnome shell theme package not sure on the name.

Anyone have any ideas I would like to change the theme?

Also my gnome-tweak tools window is cut off on the right side and I cannot see everything like screenshots i have seen for it. Like some of the on/off switches I can only see half of and the error in the yellow box and about theme extensions is cut off.

Thank you in advance for any help.

[JohnVV]

Gnome 2 themes will not work in Gnome3

[sea]

1) as said above, you cant use G2 extensions
2) you might miss the gnome-shell-extensions-user-theme, which allows you to easy change among Gnome3 themes.

Further, there are some other gnome-themes available with yum (yum list g*theme*)

[Aydos]

I am not trying to use any Gnome 2 themes only gnome 3 ones.

However, the option to use them is not working properly in gnome tweak tools.

[SomeDamFool]

If by themes you mean the theme selector you still have to install the themes individually. There are currently 5 of them for gnome 3. Do

yum search gnome-shell-theme

To list them.

In Gnome Tweak Tool try clicking on things in the window. Sometimes that makes it resize properly.
Mike

[Aydos]

http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/chang...r-classic.html

http://www.webupd8.org/2011/05/more-...ance-gtk3.html

http://www.webupd8.org/2011/05/orta-...azing-new.html

Those are all links to the themes I am trying to use and also have screen shots of what the gnome tweak tool should look like and mine is cut off.

Under the interface section I do not have the dropdown to select a theme I have a yellow box telling me I cant use themes and it is cut off on the right side.

Also under extensions it wants me to choose a file there is nothing in there.

[SomeDamFool]

BTW IMO gnome-shell-extension-theme-seletcor by fpmurphy is much better than gnome-shell-extension-user-theme. The former adds a theme button in the activities area. Clicking an installed theme preview changes it instantly with no shell restart.

[sea]

Thats murphy's one?
Thought thats the one from the repo

[SomeDamFool]

The interface section is for GTK+ themes, window borders, etc., not for shell themes. Shell themes show up as I described above or under extensions in the tweak tool.
Mike

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Originally Posted by sea

Thats murphy's one?
Thought thats the one from the repo

It is Murphy's, and it is in the repo. Lots of his stuff is in the repos now.

[Aydos]

Thank you somedamfool you have been most helpful.

Do you happen to know a link to a site that gives step by step instructions for downloading and setting up themes and that selector from scratch.

I was using guides from different sites and might have messed something up and need to start from scratch.

Thank you so much man. I love Fedora 15 and Gnome 3 so far I just would like to be able to tweak it a bit.

[SomeDamFool]

In a root terminal do:

yum search gnome-shell-

This will list all available themes and extensions. Install the themes you want and to get the previews as in the screenshot I posted also install the gnome-shell- extension-theme-selector.

Restart the shell (Alt+F2 enter r and hit enter) and the themes button should be in the activities area.
Mike

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BTW if you use Yumex for this it's a bit easier.

[Aydos]

Thank you.