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 Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2025 2:37 pm Post subject: [solved] How to change the gnome panel? |
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Sorry if this has already been posted. If it has, please direct me to the thread (or post) on it.
I need to change the gnome panel font to white, without changing the theme.
I'd also like to change the star (Mandriva 2025.1) to a start button (next to the Applications menu).
Does anyone know how to do this?
Thanks!
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Thanks so much, masinick -- I ran a search, but guess I was inputting it wrong or something. Didn't come up with anything near this direct or good.
Thanks again!
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Just one slight problem -- I'm not finding a .gtkrc-2.0 file.
There's .gtkrc-1.2-gnome2, but it's not that file.
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I do not use GNOME often enough to give you an answer to that question. I would try asking in the Mandriva or Ubuntu forums. You may have better luck searching or asking in the Ubuntu forums because Mandriva is really a KDE based distro, even though it makes numerous desktop and window managers available. Ubuntu has a larger community and it is GNOME based, so you may have a better chance of getting a good answer there, but let's give the Mandriva forums a chance and ask there.
Linux Questions is also a really good place with decent traffic to ask a lot of questions. I say that because nobody else has chimed in here. Perhaps some kind soul with GNOME expertise will just lay out the answer. If not, Linux Questions, Mandriva forums, and Ubuntu forums would be my next three stops. |
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I've asked some 2-3 times at the MDV forums, and no response.
I could *try* Ubuntu, but they're the ones that gave out those instructions (per one of the links you sent), so don't think I'll get too far there.
Problem is, it's a serious issue for this kid (sight issues).
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| DedannaRocks! wrote: | Just one slight problem -- I'm not finding a .gtkrc-2.0 file.
There's .gtkrc-1.2-gnome2, but it's not that file. |
what do you get if you:
| Code: | | cd ~/ && ls -a | grep .gtkrc |
FWIW mine looks like this:
| Code: | # -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT
include "/home/jester/.themes/Elegant-Brit/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"
include "/home/jester/.gtkrc.mine"
# -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT
.gtkrc-2.0 (END) |
^^ that's updated automagically when I use the Appearance configuration panel; it *should* be there
reasons it may not be are issues with your versions/installs of:
1) gnome-settings-daemon
2) gnome-control-center
3) dbus
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2025 8:31 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, it finally appeared, and that's what it looks like.
As it said DO NOT EDIT in the file, I left it alone, being unsure if I should edit it or not.
So, decided to go Enlightenment instead. LOL.
I'd still like to know if I can edit it there or not. I'm not using any theme atm but the one that comes with initial install.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2025 4:13 am Post subject: |
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| jester wrote: | | DedannaRocks! wrote: | Just one slight problem -- I'm not finding a .gtkrc-2.0 file.
There's .gtkrc-1.2-gnome2, but it's not that file. |
what do you get if you:
| Code: | | cd ~/ && ls -a | grep .gtkrc |
FWIW mine looks like this:
| Code: | # -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT
include "/home/jester/.themes/Elegant-Brit/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"
include "/home/jester/.gtkrc.mine"
# -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT
.gtkrc-2.0 (END) |
^^ that's updated automagically when I use the Appearance configuration panel; it *should* be there
reasons it may not be are issues with your versions/installs of:
1) gnome-settings-daemon
2) gnome-control-center
3) dbus |
Right now, since I've just done a reinstall to get rid of some annoyances, and haven't set up a theme (and probably won't; I want to keep things basic this time (except for the font in the gnome panel issue; I want the font to be white), things look like this:
| Code: | [dedanna@dedanna ~]$ cd ~/ && ls -a | grep .gtkrc
.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2
.gtkrc-2.0
.gtkrc-2.0~
[dedanna@dedanna ~]$ cat .gtkrc-2.0
# -- Appended by GNOME Configurator
# include ".gtkrc-2.0-scrollbar_cog"
[dedanna@dedanna ~]$ cat .gtkrc-1.2-gnome2
# Autowritten by gnome-settings-daemon. Do not edit
include "/home/dedanna/.gtkrc.mine"
[dedanna@dedanna ~]$ cat .gtkrc.mine
cat: .gtkrc.mine: No such file or directory
[dedanna@dedanna ~]$ |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2025 4:28 am Post subject: |
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| JP wrote: | Dedanna Nice new avatar  |
Yeah, just now spotted that! Was not even there earlier today, so you were the first to see it. NICE! |
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Thanks guys.
It kind of reflects the current mood. When I'm not exactly "up", the blue rose is the first place I head for. Always has been. I had thought of the blue rose years and years ago, when they hadn't realized they could be bred yet.
My current signature at the forum over yonder contains (among a couple other things):
Kinda makes me feel unique, y'know? It's how I am; not like most.
But then, I digress and go OTT. Please forgive me for that. And, thank you for the compliments.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2025 12:34 am Post subject: RED roses for a BLUE lady... hmm |
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| DedannaRocks! wrote: | Thanks guys.
It kind of reflects the current mood. When I'm not exactly "up", the blue rose is the first place I head for. Always has been. I had thought of the blue rose years and years ago, when they hadn't realized they could be bred yet.
My current signature at the forum over yonder contains (among a couple other things):
Kinda makes me feel unique, y'know? It's how I am; not like most.
But then, I digress and go OTT. Please forgive me for that. And, thank you for the compliments. |
Well, it is YOUR topic to begin with, so you have license to hijack it as you see fit, plus it is in the "OTHER" section, so I am not sure that any rigorous standards apply here as they might in some topic areas.
Are you going off to Enlightenment or elsewhere to deal with the font issue or are you going to fiddle around more? One reason I do not use GNOME that much is that it chooses too much for my taste, and though you can get at stuff if you are bound and determined, XFCE and KDE are a lot easier (for me anyway) to customize, so I stick with them. That's why we have choices - to each their own.
Reminds me of: "I want some RED roses for a BLUE lady... Send them to the cutest girl in town... back on the OLDIES hit parade, courtesy of "The Mas". Maybe I'll look that one up and post it to "What are you listening to now?" if I get the time. I did not work on my mailing list yesterday, took my son to the July 3 fireworks in Manchester, NH, so tonight on the fourth I have to work on my mailing list. No biggie. It may be lighter and smaller anyway due to the holiday.
If you need more help with the GNOME panel let us know. Seems like Jester is our man for that. Thanks Jester for enlightening us on how to manually tweak the configuration! |
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| jester wrote: | 1. open up the .gtkrc-2.0 in your ~/ (home directory) and insert the following:
| Code: | style "my_color"
{
fg[NORMAL] = "#FFFFFF"
}
style "black_text"
{
fg[NORMAL] = "#000000"
}
widget "*PanelWidget*" style "my_color"
widget "*PanelApplet*" style "my_color"
widget_class "*MenuItem*" style "black_text"
widget_class "*ToolItem*" style "my_color"
widget_class "*SeparatorMenuitem*" style "my_color"
widget_class "*SeparatorToolitem*" style "my_color"
widget_class "*ImageMenuitem*" style "my_color"
widget_class "*RadioMenuitem*" style "my_color"
widget_class "*CheckMenuitem*" style "my_color"
widget_class "*TearoffMenuitem*" style "my_color" |
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Question: Am I replacing "my_color" with anything, or using it as-is in the script?
Thanks.
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