Garuda Gnome - Problem with themes

Hello everyone, I finished to polish the gnome environment yesterday and this morning I saw something unexpected. The application themes are not loading and I can't figure out how, same is for all the Garuda application pre-installed on the system.

Please help me :slight_smile:

System:    Kernel: 5.14.15-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen root=UUID=cc569791-26a2-45e7-abf9-64f0b2a74ffc
           rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet nvidia-drm.nomodeset=1
           cryptdevice=UUID=e4878ab7-ceb9-4037-94bf-c32866b8adcb:luks-e4878ab7-ceb9-4037-94bf-c32866b8adcb
           root=/dev/mapper/luks-e4878ab7-ceb9-4037-94bf-c32866b8adcb splash rd.udev.log_priority=3
           vt.global_cursor_default=0 systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1
           resume=/dev/mapper/luks-2b92e7d2-e2c3-435d-8f7f-ce52c8967695 loglevel=3
           Desktop: GNOME 40.5 tk: GTK 3.24.30 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 40.1 Distro: Garuda Linux
           base: Arch Linux
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <filter>
           Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING v: Rev 1.xx serial: <filter>
           UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2004 date: 01/13/2021
Battery:   Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse MX Master 3 serial: <filter>
           charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging
CPU:       Info: 8-Core model: Intel Core i7-10700K bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Comet Lake family: 6
           model-id: A5 (165) stepping: 5 microcode: EC cache: L2: 16 MiB
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 121596
           Speed: 4802 MHz min/max: 800/5100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 4802 2: 4796 3: 4794 4: 4801
           5: 4800 6: 4733 7: 4730 8: 4800 9: 4801 10: 4800 11: 4793 12: 4761 13: 4795 14: 4781 15: 3285
           16: 4790
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
           Type: l1tf status: Not affected
           Type: mds status: Not affected
           Type: meltdown status: Not affected
           Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling
           Type: srbds status: Not affected
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GA102 [GeForce RTX 3080] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 495.44
           alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2206 class-ID: 0300
           Display: wayland server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: gnome-shell driver: loaded: nvidia
           unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa display-ID: :1 screens: 1
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x381mm (26.7x15.0") s-diag: 777mm (30.6")
           Monitor-1: DP-4 res: 2560x1440 hz: 165 dpi: 109 size: 598x336mm (23.5x13.2") diag: 686mm (27")
           OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 495.44 direct render: Yes
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
           alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:06c8 class-ID: 0403
           Device-2: NVIDIA GA102 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
           bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:1aef class-ID: 0403
           Device-3: Sennheiser Sennheiser USB-ED 01 type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
           bus-ID: 1-13.2:10 chip-ID: 1395:003c class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.14.15-zen1-1-zen running: yes
           Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
           Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
           Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.39 running: yes
Network:   Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3
           chip-ID: 8086:06f0 class-ID: 0280
           IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
           Device-2: Intel Ethernet I225-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igc v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 04:00.0
           chip-ID: 8086:15f3 class-ID: 0200
           IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-14:9
           chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
           Report: bt-adapter note: tool can't run ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: disabled
           rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: N/A
RAID:      Hardware-1: Intel Device driver: ahci v: 3.0 port: 4020 bus-ID: 00:17.0 chip-ID: 8086:06d6 rev:
           class-ID: 0104
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 4.55 TiB used: 177.64 GiB (3.8%)
           SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000P1SSD8 size: 931.51 GiB
           block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
           rev: P3CR013 temp: 29.9 C scheme: GPT
           ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD40EFAX-68JH4N0 size: 3.64 TiB
           block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400
           serial: <filter> rev: 0A82 scheme: GPT
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 896.84 GiB size: 896.84 GiB (100.00%) used: 177.64 GiB (19.8%) fs: btrfs
           dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0 mapped: luks-e4878ab7-ceb9-4037-94bf-c32866b8adcb
           ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 720 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat
           dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
           ID-3: /home raw-size: 896.84 GiB size: 896.84 GiB (100.00%) used: 177.64 GiB (19.8%) fs: btrfs
           dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0 mapped: luks-e4878ab7-ceb9-4037-94bf-c32866b8adcb
           ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 896.84 GiB size: 896.84 GiB (100.00%) used: 177.64 GiB (19.8%)
           fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0 mapped: luks-e4878ab7-ceb9-4037-94bf-c32866b8adcb
           ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 896.84 GiB size: 896.84 GiB (100.00%) used: 177.64 GiB (19.8%)
           fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0 mapped: luks-e4878ab7-ceb9-4037-94bf-c32866b8adcb
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
           ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.25 GiB used: 2.5 MiB (0.0%) priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
           ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 34.37 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/dm-1
           maj-min: 254:1 mapped: luks-2b92e7d2-e2c3-435d-8f7f-ce52c8967695
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 27.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 37 C
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:      Processes: 401 Uptime: 12m wakeups: 2 Memory: 31.25 GiB used: 3.75 GiB (12.0%) Init: systemd
           v: 249 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1292 lib: 387 Shell: fish
           v: 3.3.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.08

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EDIT: I found out that only the shell theme will be shown, while the application theme is not getting applied.

As you see, it is all white :expressionless:

I’m not a Gnome user, but I guess this could be due to recent decisions on Gnome. See e.g.

and

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Hey! As I remember those features are referenced to GNOME 41 and in those days there were not any gnome update. At the moment I am on G-40.4.0

Edit:

Found on git a similiar problem: typing in the terminal "/usr/lib/gsd-xsettings & disown" will render the selected theme.

There are just the garuda application that arent working atm. Any clue?!

Just make sure you have the extension user themes installed.
Its a load of crap about not supporting themes by the anti Gnome fud makers, gnome does not support non Gnome themes like Kde does not support non KDE themes it does not stop you installing your own, i don't use their theme i use themes from the net and i'm running gnome 41 on Arch Linux

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Exactly, in any case the extensions would do their work applying themes.

Anyway, the User Theme was already enabled and configured

How can I avoid to patch the problem calling for a bash startup-script > "/usr/lib/gsd-xsettings & disown" but fix it from the scratch?

I have not done anything to mine try the other user theme ext their are 2 or just wait a couple of days for 41 to complete updating its just starting the update process. Or try another theme as that one might be not compatible any more due to updates to the system not Gnome related.

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Once again, Gnome or whomever, has gutted the only tool (beginning with Gnome 40) that use to put the missing functionality most users want/need back into Gnome. So now you can download another extension (it is like a treasure hunt) that handles themes, even down to the shell, plus more. I can't remember what it is called or where that extension is located (I ran from Gnome) as it took me weeks to get the taste of gnome off my desktop.

You mean this?

aur/gnome-tweaks-oldstable 3.34.1-2 (+0 0.00) 
    Graphical interface for advanced GNOME 3 settings (Tweak Tool) (oldstable version)
aur/gnome-tweaks-git 3.34.0.r21.g39cde84-1 (+2 0.00) 
    Graphical interface for advanced GNOME 3 settings (Tweak Tool)
extra/gnome-tweaks 40.0-1 (268.1 KiB 1.2 MiB) [gnome-extra] 
    Graphical interface for advanced GNOME 3 settings (Tweak Tool)
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Will you stop talking CRAP
Gnome has never supported 3rd themes the extension has been their since since version 3.0 only users like you that are so worried that KDE is not good enough harp on about Gnome you don't use Gnome so shut it.

Gnome nor does KDE, Cinnamon, mate, or any other DE, support 3rd party themes the user can install any theme they want if it does not work you are on your own applies to all DEs W/ms

Gnome 41. Appearance in tweak tool this is no a extension

So you had a little tantrum. I haven’t seen that on the forum in awhile.

XFCE for one handles themes without much if any intervention out of the box. Most of the desktops besides Gnome provide the necessary tools to at least make it easy, KDE has a built in theme finder. Gnome has none of that, and requires several extensions just to gain access to themes. Since they are third-party hacks there is a high probability they will eventually break your system (happened to me) if the authors don’t update in time of the next Gnome version release. It is a shit show and if you don’t see that, then you living in a Gnome bubble.

Please go and Troll on your own Forum, Gnome has the tools but since you don't use Gnome you talk nonsence

BTW kde themes come from KDE look a 3rd party site KDE look. Gnome look, xfce look, are all 3rd party sites and at least 50% of KDE themes and other junk does not work anyway.
I know that 1st hand as i also use KDE and it is not worth talking about as things are broken weekly as you wel l know

I am getting the idea you are very young or, well…

You go have a nice day and do your lessons. :+1:

NO Mr i was born before your father most probably and used linux for best part of 30years exclusively KDE till V4 now tell me i do not know what i'm talking about i've forgotten more than you will ever know Sunshine

@moderators Really?

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Well you need Gnome-tweaks but to get the shell working, at least using Garuda’s default Gnome distro download, I don’t think it includes ‘gnome-shell-extensions’ out of the box, which was the confusion. Once you install that, then you have to click on user themes to activate, then the shell shows up. I don’t know, it was all a hot mess.

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