LXDE - error logging on. Solved thanks

[silverbirch]

Fresh install of LXDE 2010 on a laptop.  I changed one of the themes and now when I log on I get the following error:
"Error loading the theme AVIO-GDM.  Can't open file /usr/share/gdm/themes/AVIO-GDM/AVIOGDM.xml"

I click OK and can log on and have a perfectly good desktop.  Would just like to get rid of the error message before I give the laptop back to it's owner.

The machine only has 256 memory so I assume the theme won't load because of that?

Thanks

[melodie]

Fresh install of LXDE 2010 on a laptop.  I changed one of the themes and now when I log on I get the following error:
"Error loading the theme AVIO-GDM.  Can't open file /usr/share/gdm/themes/AVIO-GDM/AVIOGDM.xml"

I click OK and can log on and have a perfectly good desktop.  Would just like to get rid of the error message before I give the laptop back to it's owner.

The machine only has 256 memory so I assume the theme won't load because of that?

Hi,

What steps did you take to change it ? And would you check at /usr/share/gdm/themes what theme directories you have, and if you have AVIO-GDM, what files are in there ?

[Neal ManBear]

Easy to fix. Reinstall Avio-GDM. Unless you prefer to edit some files?

[silverbirch]

For some reason I can't copy and paste from that console!

The AVIO-GDM file is there, I checked using mc.

In synaptic the gdm-themes are already installed and there's no separate AVIO-GDM listed.

Thanks

[Neal ManBear]

Reinstall gdm and gdm themes.

Or, open lxdecc (Configure your LX Desktop) > System tab > File Manager Superuser Mode. Open /usr/share/gdm/themes/Avio-GDM/. Right click Avio-GDM.xml and choose to open with leafpad. Check that line 4 has

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    Document       : AvioGDM.xml
If there is anything but AvioGDM in that line, change it to AvioGDM.

Following the same procedure, open GDMGreeterTheme.desktop. Lines 2 and 3 should read -

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Greeter=Avio-GDM.xml
Name=Avio-GDM
If it has something else there, change it.

To see line numbers in leafpad, click Options > Line numbers.

[silverbirch]

Bizarre!   

I did as you suggested using the superuser mode because I wanted to see what the process is and everything was as it should be.  However when I logged back on I didn't get the error, and also got the original log in screen that I had when I first installed.

So it worked.

Thanks so much.

[princeps]

In /usr/share/gdm/themes/Avio-GDM folder there is a file named Avio-GDM.xml

[Neal ManBear]

In /usr/share/gdm/themes/Avio-GDM folder there is a file named Avio-GDM.xml

Yes, there is. Are you having this same problem?