Re: Gnome themes

[Carsten Menke <bootsy52 gmx net>]

Tom Caudron wrote:
> I've been trying to import new themes using the gnome control center app;
> however, while it lets me switch between any theme extant in the 'available
> themes' list, it does not let me add to that list via the 'install new
> themes...' process.  I click the button, point to the tarball for the new
> theme and it grinds for a split second then returns to the list without
> having added the new theme.  I checked my ~/.themes folder and the theme is
> added there, but it doesn't show up in the list.  I've looked online for
> similar problems, but no dice.  I've tried installing it as root and as a
> plain ol' user.  I've looked around for an answer, but none seems
> forthcoming.  Have I missed something obvious?
>
> -Tom Caudron

Have you also tried to unack that theme, (which is a tar.gz or tar.bz2 
archive ?) manually to the global themes dir ?

In my case this is under /usr/share/themes

Carsten