On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 4:48 PM, Tim Dobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
