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jesuisbenjamin

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Registered: 2012-01-25

Posts: 17

[Solved] Window decoration theme after installing Compiz

Hello,

I have installed Compiz on Xubuntu 11.10 as follow:

sudo apt-get install compiz compizconfig-settings-manager
compiz --replace ccp &

In the process the XFCE window decoration theme is overridden by that of Compiz (gtk-window-decorator) which uses the Adwaita theme instead of the default XFCE Greybird theme. Since Gtk is doing window decoration, I cannot change it back using the XFCE settings.

I just need compiz for scale window and window switch and I would like to return window decoration to XFCE (Xfwm4) or to be able to change the Gtk window decoration theme. How can I do that?

I have found part of the (workaround) answer already:

1. download Greybird Gtk theme

2. install theme (here is where I failed I think)

3. use dconf-editor to change the Gtk theme in org.gnome.desktop.interface

The problem really at stage 2 is where do I place the theme? I tried in ~/.themes/ and then changed the value of gtk-theme in the editor to Greybird. But I saw no change.

Could you please help me with that?

jesuisbenjamin

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Registered: 2012-01-25

Posts: 17

Re: [Solved] Window decoration theme after installing Compiz

I have gotten the answer just now on askubuntu.com.

Using Gnome 3 Advanced Settings (Gnome Tweak Tool), I can simply set the window decoration to "Greybird". If not installed Gnome Tweak Tool simply is installed as follow:

sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool

Last edited by jesuisbenjamin (2012-01-25 14:14:42)

stratoka

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Registered: 2011-09-06

Posts: 12

Re: [Solved] Window decoration theme after installing Compiz

Thanks a lot, it helped me to.

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