[12:35] <zino> What's the recommended method for testing gdm themes in Lucid? gtmthemetester seems to have dissapeared from the distribution.
[15:03] <knome> zino, try gdm2setup (you can find that in a ppa at least)
[16:00] <zino> knome: Thanks. Seems the general themeability of gdm has been removed in Lucid though. You can change background, logo, and fiddle a bit with the colours and fonts. Other than that nothing. :-/
[16:02] <zino> (From what I've been able to gather. I'll try out gdm2setup and see if it gives me any other clues.)
[21:25] <lontra> hi i just installed the updated light-themes and gtk2-engines-murrine on lucid and now my gdm theme is using raleigh or something else. what do i need to edit to tell it to use ambiance?
[21:25] <lontra> the new ambiance
[21:38] <kwwii> lontra: I think the update to the new theme engine broke the gdm theme, you can edit a gconf key as the user gdm (I hope) to fix it
[21:39] <lontra> kwwii: someone on irc.gimp.net #gdm gave me some instructions ... we'll see if they work ... brb
[21:40] <lontra> kwwii: i got it work via gconf-editor
[21:40] <lontra> right click the theme and clicking 'set to default'
[21:40] <kwwii> lontra: cool, good news
[21:41] <lontra> in ... /desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme ... of course
[21:42] <kwwii> cool, I'll pass that on it anyone else notices the same problem
[21:43] <lontra> kwwii: do you know if following http://ppa.launchpad.net/murrine-daily/ppa/ubuntu lucid main ... will keep me up-to-date with the new light-theme for maverick? i like it much better than the one on lucid and don't want to run maverick
[21:44] <kwwii> lontra: generally speaking yes
[21:44] <kwwii> lontra: sometime soon the freeze will effect the engine package though
[21:44] <lontra> kwwii: ok
[21:44] <kwwii> so that the engine offered in that ppa will be ahead of the version offered in maverick
[21:45] <lontra> kwwii: the gtk2-engines-murrine theme?
[21:45] <kwwii> lontra: yes
[21:45] <lontra> and freeze is 26th?
[21:45] <kwwii> lontra: usually that does not cause any major breakage
[21:45] <kwwii> lontra: some things might look different though
[21:46] <lontra> maybe i will add a deb-src of maverick in a few weeks and roll my own gtk2-engines-murrine and light-themes from there
[21:46] <kwwii> feature freeze already happened so theoretically only bug fixes are allowed now
[21:46] <lontra> oh ok
[21:46] <lontra> for UI too?
[21:46] <kwwii> yes
[21:46] <lontra> and artwork?
[21:47] <kwwii> no, final artwork will still change
[21:47] <kwwii> and the theme engine might be updated
[21:47] <lontra> ok
[21:47] <kwwii> if there is a bug to fix it is easy to slip in an update as well
[21:48] <kwwii> the point of the freeze is that no new changes will be accepted without review
[21:49] <lontra> i hope ubuntu sticks with the new light theme and only modifying it as necessary from now on out ... i thought human-theme was nice and distinct and i think ambiance is too especially ambiance in maverick
[21:50] <kwwii> I think you will see a progression of the light theme over the next releases
[21:50] <kwwii> once you start something this big you have to stick with it for a while :-)
[21:50] <lontra> good to hear ;)
[21:51] <zniavre> better to see   :o)
[21:51] <lontra> one of the nicest thing about mac os x ... is that it always looks polished
[21:51] <kwwii> indeed :-)
[21:51] <lontra> with the same theme
[21:53] <kwwii> the idea is not to let a good idea evolve
[21:53] <kwwii> :-)
[21:54] <kwwii> erm
[21:54] <kwwii> is *to* let
[21:54] <kwwii> hehe
[21:54] <kwwii> funny error
[21:54] <lontra> indeed
[21:58] <kwwii> getting late, probably time for bed