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Topic: How-To add the Shiki-Statler-Dark theme back in the new #!

I am sure a lot of people is missing the old #! Shiki-Statler-Dark Theme I have uploaded the obt (Openbox Theme) of the original Shiki-Statler-Dark Theme. There is also a folder which contain the gtk2.0, openbox3, and xfwm4 files.

1. Download the #! Shiki-Statler-Dark Theme which I have upload.
2. Extract the tar.gz
3. To change the theme open obconf, then select the Shiki-Statler-Dark.obt file.
2. Next put the Shiki-Statler-Dark folder, and put it in /usr/share/themes then open lxappearance, and select Shiki-Statler-Dark.

You should now have the Good old #! Shiki-Statler-Dark theme back.

Edit: More Download Links
Shiki-Statler-Dark_theme

Last edited by kowloonboy (2012-01-07 11:59:54)

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Re: How-To add the Shiki-Statler-Dark theme back in the new #!

Something for the Statler quick reference list?

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Re: How-To add the Shiki-Statler-Dark theme back in the new #!

http://packages.crunchbanglinux.org/statler/pool/main/

wget -c http://packages.crunchbanglinux.org/statler/pool/main/statler-theme_0.20_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i statler-theme_0.20_all.deb
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Re: How-To add the Shiki-Statler-Dark theme back in the new #!

Thanks!

It's a long time I was looking for this tip!

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Re: How-To add the Shiki-Statler-Dark theme back in the new #!

Thanks. Just searched for "statler dark theme" and found this smile

If that .deb file is in what looks like a repository, why can it not be installed directly with an "apt-get"?

I downloaded the file and ran the "dpkg" command (in #! r20111125) and got this:

$ sudo dpkg -i statler-theme_0.20_all.deb 
Selecting previously deselected package statler-theme.
(Reading database ... 107862 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking statler-theme (from statler-theme_0.20_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing statler-theme_0.20_all.deb (--install):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/icons/elementary-statler/stock/24/stock_person.svg', which is also in package statler-icon-theme 0.0.1
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 statler-theme_0.20_all.deb

Last edited by SabreWolfy (2012-01-06 07:31:45)

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Re: How-To add the Shiki-Statler-Dark theme back in the new #!

^ It seems that the packages are in conflict with each other, because there already is a package installed supplying the elementary statler icons thingy.

If you just want the theme simply do:

ar x stat*deb # uncompresses the deb in to three parts, the debian binary, control data and data
tar -xzf data.tar.gz # uncompresses the data.tar.gz
mv  ./usr/share/themes/Shiki-Statler-Dark ~/.themes/ # moves the theme to the local themes directory

or if the local themes directory is not good enough for you try

sudo mv ./usr/share/themes/Shiki-Statler-Dark /usr/share/themes/

which moves it to the global themes dir.


and of course do some clean up

rm -rf debian-binary data.tar.gz ./usr control.tar.gz

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Re: How-To add the Shiki-Statler-Dark theme back in the new #!

^ Yes, I just wanted the themes, so thanks, this worked smile I copied across Shiki-Statler-Dark, Shiki-Statler and StatlerBox themes; I didn't touch the duplicate one called "Statler" just to avoid any problems.

[There is no "r" parameter for "mv".]

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Re: How-To add the Shiki-Statler-Dark theme back in the new #!

SabreWolfy wrote:

^ Yes, I just wanted the themes, so thanks, this worked smile I copied across Shiki-Statler-Dark, Shiki-Statler and StatlerBox themes; I didn't touch the duplicate one called "Statler" just to avoid any problems.

[There is no "r" parameter for "mv".]

I should have tested that before posting smile.

Glad that it has worked out for you!

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Re: How-To add the Shiki-Statler-Dark theme back in the new #!

Does this theme include the login screen in black ?

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Re: How-To add the Shiki-Statler-Dark theme back in the new #!

Sebulon wrote:

Does this theme include the login screen in black ?

If it doesn't then the current one can be found at /usr/share/images/desktop-base/grub-splash-crunchbang.png (which is black, btw)

Obviously you can change it to whatever you like smile

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Re: How-To add the Shiki-Statler-Dark theme back in the new #!

Try this:  Open a file manager and navigate to /usr/share/gdm/themes/statler, right-click on statler.xml, select "Open as root", and change the color code for "normal color" under background to #000000.

EDIT:  The background of the image is set to alpha, so the background is whatever is set in the .xml file.

EDIT2:  @damo:  I think he's talking about the GDM login, not the GRUB splash. wink

Last edited by pvsage (2012-04-22 19:06:27)

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Re: How-To add the Shiki-Statler-Dark theme back in the new #!

pvsage wrote:

Try this:  Open a file manager and navigate to /usr/share/gdm/themes/statler, right-click on statler.xml, select "Open as root", and change the color code for "normal color" under background to #000000.

EDIT:  The background of the image is set to alpha, so the background is whatever is set in the .xml file.

EDIT2:  @damo:  I think he's talking about the GDM login, not the GRUB splash. wink

Tried that and it messed up, got stuck during the reboot, had to reinstall #! because i didn't know how to fix it hmm. Any other methods ?

I really want a black GDM login screen

like this:

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_UpiBAokjaoY/SwYmPiQBJmI/AAAAAAAAE48/ZWaqyzMlUv4/Crunchbang-2009-11-20-10-34-52.png

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Re: How-To add the Shiki-Statler-Dark theme back in the new #!

^@pvsage  My bad sad

Easy way is to use gdmsetup to set the gdm theme/background colour

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Re: How-To add the Shiki-Statler-Dark theme back in the new #!

^Damo, i tried to run gdmsetup but it said that i had to be a "root user" ? how can I become that ?

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Sebulon wrote:

^Damo, i tried to run gdmsetup but it said that i had to be a "root user" ? how can I become that ?

sudo is the command to execute something as root. Use gksudo to run a graphical application. So in a terminal or the run box (super+F2 I think - I changed the keybind a long time ago smile ) - 

gksudo gdmsetup

Then put in your password when it asks

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Re: How-To add the Shiki-Statler-Dark theme back in the new #!

^Okey, just installed a gdm theme, you rock ! thank you big_smile

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Sebulon wrote:

^Okey, just installed a gdm theme, you rock ! thank you big_smile

Nice one smile

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damo wrote:

^@pvsage  My bad sad

Easy way is to use gdmsetup to set the gdm theme/background colour

For some reason, either this isn't changing the setting in the .xml file, or it is getting overridden.

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pvsage wrote:
damo wrote:

^@pvsage  My bad sad

Easy way is to use gdmsetup to set the gdm theme/background colour

For some reason, either this isn't changing the setting in the .xml file, or it is getting overridden.

Anything to do with this?...

From /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf

# GDM System Defaults Configuration file.
#
# This file should not be updated by hand.  Since GDM 2.13.0.4, configuration
# choices in the GDM System Configuration file (/etc/gdm/gdm.conf) will
# override the default values specified in this file.
#
# If you were using an older version of GDM, your system may have the the older
# gdm.conf configuration file on the system.  If so, then this file is used
# instead of the GDM Custom Configuration file for backwards support.  If you
# make changes to the GDM Custom Configuration file and they seem to not be
# taking effect, this is likely the problem.  Consider migrating your
# configuration to the new configuration file and removing the gdm.conf file.
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^ Don't know; didn't touch either of those by hand.  (Or by keyboard either. roll)  When changing the color via gdmsetup didn't work, I just dove into /usr/share/gdm/themes/{theme}/ and started looking for something that looked markupy.

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[EDIT - removed the b*lls I was talking about earlier smile ]

I've been having a play with the gdm config files and gdmsetup:

From the beginning of /etc/gdm/gdm.conf...

# This file is the appropriate place for specifying your customizations to the
# GDM configuration.   If you run gdmsetup, it will automatically edit this
# file for you and will cause the daemon and any running GDM GUI programs to
# automatically update with the new configuration.  Not all configuration
# options are supported by gdmsetup, so to modify some values it may be
# necessary to modify this file directly by hand.
#
# This file overrides the default configuration settings.  These settings 
# are stored in the GDM System Defaults configuration file, which is found
# at the following location.
#
# /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf

It seems that gdmsetup WASN'T editing this file, and the bg color setting in /usr/share/gdm/themes/statler/statler.xml...

<greeter>
    <!-- background -->
  <item type="rect">
    <normal color="#252627"/>
    <pos x="0" y="0" width="100%" height="100%"/>
    </item>

...overrides the gdmsetup choice (the bg colour flashes briefly before the statler bg takes over).

Which is as pvsage said, and I can't see how that would cause sebulon his problem when rebooting hmm

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Re: How-To add the Shiki-Statler-Dark theme back in the new #!

Thanks! great theme!

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Re: How-To add the Shiki-Statler-Dark theme back in the new #!

damo wrote:

Which is as pvsage said, and I can't see how that would cause sebulon his problem when rebooting hmm

I couldn't get it either, but it didn't start... hmm maybe I got bad luck

Anyway, I have a new request/ problem/ mission ! After I typing in my nickname and password in the GDM screen it boots up and for like 3 sec there's a gray screen popping up. It shows between the gdm login screen and my desktop when it boots. Any suggestions how to fix that to a black screen ? tongue

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Re: How-To add the Shiki-Statler-Dark theme back in the new #!

The first time I edited the file, I accidentally (d'oh!) deleted the "/> after the color code; fortunately, in my case, GDM fell back to another theme, so I could still log in.  (If I couldn't, I'm sure I could have switched to one of the gettys, but I doubt a less experienced user would have known about this option.)  So if you want to be able to use the default Statler theme again, just make sure the syntax matches the snippet damo posted above.

I get a very brief flash of the same #252627 between the login and Openbox loading as well; still haven't chased that one down. hmm

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Re: How-To add the Shiki-Statler-Dark theme back in the new #!

^ maybe if you set the bg colour in gdmsetup to the exact same as the statler it will disguise the switch?

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