GNOME basic packages for icons

[askar.b...@gmail.com]

Hi all,

preconditions: I use XFCE4

postconditions: I want continue using XFCE4 :), GNOME is only used to
beautify some stuff,
like background with icons and the panel.

so the question is: which package should I install in order to use the
the icon themes? Actually it seems to be installed but I don't know how
to make it active, neither in nautilus nor in the gnome-panel (desktop
applet has no icon).

here is what I have installed already (the minimum required to run
gnome-panel, gnome-control-center and the icon themes)

### eix gnome -I
[I] app-text/gnome-doc-utils (0.4.4): A collection of documentation
utilities for the Gnome project
[I] gnome-base/gnome-applets (2.12.2): Applets for the GNOME Desktop
and Panel
[I] gnome-base/gnome-desktop (2.12.3): Libraries for the gnome desktop
that is not part of the UI
[I] gnome-base/gnome-keyring (0.4.6): Password and keyring managing
daemon
[I] gnome-base/gnome-menus (2.12.0-r1): The GNOME menu system,
implementing the F.D.O cross-desktop spec
[I] gnome-base/gnome-mime-data (2.4.2): MIME data for Gnome
[I] gnome-base/gnome-panel (2.12.2): The Panel for Gnome2
[I] gnome-base/gnome-vfs (2.12.2): Gnome Virtual Filesystem
[I] gnome-base/libgnome (2.12.0.1): Essential Gnome Libraries
[I] gnome-base/libgnomecanvas (2.12.0): The Gnome 2 Canvas library
[I] gnome-base/libgnomeprint (2.12.1): Printer handling for Gnome
[I] gnome-base/libgnomeprintui (2.12.1): User interface libraries for
gnome print
[I] gnome-base/libgnomeui (2.12.0): User Interface routines for Gnome
[I] gnome-extra/gnome-system-monitor (2.12.2): The Gnome System Monitor
[I] media-sound/gnome-alsamixer (0.9.6): Gnome 2 based ALSA Mixer
[I] net-analyzer/gnome-netstatus (2.12.0): Network interface
information applet
[I] x11-themes/gnome-icon-theme (2.12.1): GNOME 2 default icon themes
[I] x11-themes/gnome-themes (2.12.3): A set of GNOME themes, with sets
for users with limited or low vision
[I] x11-themes/gnome-themes-extras (0.8.1): Additional themes for GNOME
2.2

thanks in advance

[askar.b...@gmail.com]

Ah sorry for the previous post... I think that google was bit slow,
thus I pressed the Post button twice (after adding a string to the
subject)

[askar.b...@gmail.com]

It seems that running gnome-session is the only way to make it possible
to use icon themes by gnome-applications (including gnome-panel which
won't be able to see desktop icon, desktop-applet, until gnome-session
is not running).

This implies that any other session manager have to be turned off. And
even if I try to kill metacity and start xfwm4 as window manager,
gnome-session restarts metacity process by itself :s

[Ben Measures]

On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 12:50:04 -0700, askar.b...@gmail.com wrote:

> [...] And even if I try to kill metacity and start xfwm4 as window

> manager, gnome-session restarts metacity process by itself :s

Gnome can use a wide range of window-managers, including xfwm4. Enter
"gnome xfwm4" into Google and click "I'm feeling lucky".

--
Ben Measures
$email =~ s/is@silly/@/

[askar.b...@gmail.com]

I see

...
sudo sed -i "s/openbox)/openbox|xfwm4)/" /usr/bin/gnome-wm
echo export WINDOW_MANAGER=/usr/bin/xfwm4 >> ~/.gnomerc
...

thanks a lot Ben!