lxdm change theme

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oboedad55
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lxdm change theme

Post by oboedad55 »

Hi, is there an easy way to change the theme of lxdm? I'm using version 0.4.1-2 on Arch.
LXNevermind
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Re: lxdm change theme

Post by LXNevermind »

It depends what easy way menas for you. For me the easiest way is to manualy edit /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf and change the name of the theme.
Themes are stored in /usr/share/lxdm/themes, look for the names of themes there. By default there is only one theme stored there - Industrial, at least in my distribution (Archlinux), then I whish you good luck in searching the web for more or maybe creating one ;)
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Re: lxdm change theme

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http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXDM

Looks like a lot has to be done on this area :)
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lm8
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Re: lxdm change theme

Post by lm8 »

You can change the theme of Openbox. Since you mentioned Arch, here's some information from their wiki:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Op ... appearance

You can use openbox-themes for already created themes or design your own using obtheme (http://xyne.archlinux.ca/projects/obtheme/) also mentioned at the Arch wiki.

You can also change the theme of applications that use the GTK+ screen library using tools like lxappearance, gtk-chtheme or switch2 as mentioned at the wiki ( https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Op ... GTK_themes ). Search for packages with gtk engines such as murrine and cleanice. They'll include other themes you can use with GTK+ applications.
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Post by amjjawad »

I have recently changed the background and removed Lubuntu Logo and replaced with my Ubuntu Forum Avatar. However, I'm interested to learn how to change the whole theme.

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Will have a look at these links ... thanks for sharing :)
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LXNevermind
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Re: lxdm change theme

Post by LXNevermind »

amjjawad wrote:I have recently changed the background and removed Lubuntu Logo and replaced with my Ubuntu Forum Avatar. However, I'm interested to learn how to change the whole theme.
Unofficial documentation on the default theme's:

http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Gtkrc
http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Greeter.ui

links are from wiki: http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXDM


Edit: oops! you already know this :P
amjjawad
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Re: lxdm change theme

Post by amjjawad »

LXNevermind wrote:Unofficial documentation on the default theme's:

http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Gtkrc
http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Greeter.ui

links are from wiki: http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXDM
Keep them coming, LXNevermind :D
Edit: oops! you already know this :P
Never mind, LXNevermind :P ... just keep posting :D
Thanks a lot!
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