On Tuesday 28 January 2003 08:16 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > On Tuesday 28 January 2003 07:49 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > > On Tuesday 28 January 2003 07:35 pm, Angus Auld wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 23:17, Angus Auld wrote: > > > > > > > Greetings all, > > > > > > > I have been content thus far with the default KDE theme, > > > > > > > + a few modifications of my own thrown in, on my 9.0 > > > > > > > system. I decided to try another theme just for kicks, so > > > > > > > I went to Theme Manager (via KDE Control Center), and attempted > > > > > > > to make the changes there. To my surprise, I only get an error > > > > > > > box for my effort : "Theme does not contain a .themerc nor a > > > > > > > .theme file." and CC tells me it, "could not load theme." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I then tried to "create" a "new theme" of my current > > > > > > > setup, only to be greeted by the exact same errors as > > > > > > > already detailed. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anybody have any thoughts as to what is going on with my "Theme > > > > > > > Manager?" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > TIA for your time/help. > > > > > > > Best regards. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --Angus > > > > > > > > > > > >******************************************* > > > > > >Stephen Kuhn wrote, > > > > > > I found that sometimes when the KDEDIR environment variable was > > > > > > nonexistent it would choke and puke. > > > > > > > > > > > > export KDEDIR=/usr > > > > > > > > > > > >************************************************** > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Stephen, but that doesn't seem to be the problem here. I > > > > > issued the command as user, but still no themes can be loaded in > > > > > Theme Manager. Should it be done su'd? > > > > > I don't have any problems compiling packages, so is that an > > > > > indicator my environmental variables are OK? > > > > > > > > > > When I start kcontrol in a terminal, and try to access a theme, I > > > > > get the following: $kcontrol > > > > > fcntl: Bad file descriptor > > > > > fcntl: Bad file descriptor > > > > > $sh: line1: cd: /home/angus/.kde/share/apps/kthememgr/Work/: No > > > > > such file or directory > > > > > > > > > > I just upgraded the kdebase package with the latest security update > > > > > from MandrakeSecurity, and it contains kcontrol. I'm wondering if > > > > > this has something to do with my problem. I have been getting a lot > > > > > of the "fcntl: Bad file descriptor" errors in xsession-errors too. > > > > > Never got these before. Any way to pinpoint the source of the > > > > > error? > > > > > > > > > > TIA. > > > > > > > > > > --Angus > > > > > > > > > > I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a > > > > > week sometimes to make it up.--Mark Twain, "The Innocents Abroad" > > > > > > > > This is interesting, I have the exact same problem with both > > > > computers that have 9.0 loaded. Does not matter if I am su or user. > > > > Looks like a bug to me. But one of the comps does not have the latest > > > > updates with kcontrol. So it seems to be an earlier problem. > > > > Puzzled. > > > > -- > > > > Dennis M. linux user # 180842 > > > > > > > >*********************************************** > > > > > > Hey, you mean I found a bug maybe?........cool. > > > > > > This could well have been a preexistent, (pre-kdebase update) problem > > > here too Dennis. I didn't feel the urge to deviate from my basic > > > default theme as per installation, until now. Just getting bored I > > > guess :-). > > > > > > I wonder if 9.1 Beta has this "bug"? > > > > > > Regards. > > > > > >> *********************************************** > > > > Don't know about 9.1 but I am downloading a theme from kde.look.org and > > will try untarring and installing to see if the thememanager will work > > with it. I never tried the themes in 9.0 because I did not like them when > > I checked em out in the previous releases. Anyone else tried the > > thememanager? > > Ok, couldn't get two of them to install via tar, here is the out put: > > [root@hotcomp Acqua-Graphite]# ./install.sh > ./install.sh: line 6: cd: style: No such file or directory > cp: cannot stat `pixmaps': No such file or directory > cp: cannot stat `themes': No such file or directory > cp: cannot stat `wallpapers': No such file or directory > cp: cannot stat `icewm-themes': No such file or directory > _KDE_IceTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.ICE-unix should be set to root > DCOPServer up and running. > Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0". > Acqua-Graphite for KDE installed. > > Then when I go to thememanager, it can't find anything. So it looks like > something is missing or thememanager is broken. ??? Any ideas?
I take it back, after getting out of thememanager and then back into it the install method that the readme file calls for worked. I now have acqua-graphite as a theme. The problem seems to be more along the lines of thememanager can't find the themerc locations or something. Someone know what file to look at for the code errors. Don't forget to Save on shutdown. -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842
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