Linux mint theme icon not changing

[royal marlin]

@mild quiver

@warm coral

[mild quiver]

Could you provide the images again

[warm coral]

ok so what is the issue?

[royal marlin]

i mean its just setting app to apply theme

[royal marlin]

myy themes icon are not applying just colors are changing

[mild quiver]

Show a picture of your file explorer

[royal marlin]

saying the application theme

the apps u see

[warm coral]

is the icon theme the right type? does it have the right folder structure?

[royal marlin]

see my themes icons are different , only the colors are chaging , u can see the bottom color

[warm coral]

if your installing them manually they go into the .icons folder under your home folder

[royal marlin]

ok

[royal marlin]

i am installing them from the app

[warm coral]

ah

[royal marlin]

you can see , add/remove sectiion

[warm coral]

then you should just be able to select them form the theme menu

[royal marlin]

and not just any 3rd party even the default ones are not applying

[warm coral]

personally i like to go in and edit and mix and match and adjust themes 🙂

just to get the exact look and feel i want

[royal marlin]

u can see the apps inside the desktop preiview the apps are purple folder and my apps are just default

[royal marlin]

how can i change the icons?

[warm coral]

well you can copy one of the icon theme folder and start editing the svg files and then just use the theme UI to switch to your copy

i did that changing some of the folder icon colors etc

[royal marlin]

shessh cant i just apply any icons i have? like i want to change the icon

[warm coral]

that is if you wanna customize it even more

but normally just download a icon theme you like and switch it with the icon option

[royal marlin]

i just want the icons match the themes that is not matching like themes icons are not matching , so either u can help me setting just the icon or whole theme problem going on

i just want the icon anyway

[warm coral]

well you really mostly that that ui to work with you can also switch the simplified UI if you wanna switch icon and themes that way

[royal marlin]

@marble hedge

[royal marlin]

how?

[warm coral]

you right click the task bar choose system settings

[marble hedge]

set the theme and try restarting the PC

[warm coral]

and then go into the theme option

[marble hedge]

it could just be a weird quirk

[warm coral]

ah yeah maybe its stuck?

[marble hedge]

have you restarted since the install

also run sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

[royal marlin]

there is only pannel setting

[royal marlin]

yup

many times still no themes applied

[royal marlin]

okkk sorry

[marble hedge]

also run driver manager and make sure everything is ok in there, update manager, etc

likely unrelated to your issue but just a precaution

[warm coral]

always a good idea

[royal marlin]

everythings is up to date ig

[warm coral]

run the general update manager thingy even...

when in doubt update everything and restart 🙂

[royal marlin]

i have this custom thing

[marble hedge]

sorry so can you give me a rundown on the issue

like the theme you select in appearance wont change anything?

[royal marlin]

i updates two three times after the update because of the theme

[royal marlin]

the colors are changing

[marble hedge]

wdym

[royal marlin]

not the icon

[marble hedge]

so if you select e.g. a purple theme it wont change the color to purple

[royal marlin]

see the icons

[marble hedge]

What about them

[royal marlin]

it change the colors not the app icons

[royal marlin]

see icons are default

[marble hedge]

hm try deleting the panel and adding it back in

it could be cached somewhere or stuck somehow and just wont change it

[royal marlin]

delete the panel means?

[warm coral]

i have seen colors get stuck if you change to some desktop theme options before maybe that it?

[marble hedge]

right click on the bottom task bar and find the option to delete it

[warm coral]

think i had to reboot to get that to refresh and behave again

[marble hedge]

I think he wants the icons to change, the colors are good

although idk what the numix icon pack looks like

can you change to the uh mint one, the one that comes with all the custom app icons

i cant remember its name, i dont even have cinnamon to test with rn lol

[royal marlin]

delete the panel?

[marble hedge]

yeah there should be an option to let you remove it

[royal marlin]

naah not doing anytthing

[marble hedge]

you'll have to add it back in or actually, there's a setting on the panel

there's a setting on the panel that says reset to defaults

[royal marlin]

i already deleted it 2,3 times for just fun

[marble hedge]

try that

also uh maybe delete ~/.cache

[royal marlin]

aaah messed up the seettting , why i deleted the panel

[royal marlin]

terminal

[marble hedge]

you can reset cinnamon to defaults

[royal marlin]

icons

size werent default

[royal marlin]

how to use ? i am too new

[marble hedge]

rm -rf ~/.cache

in terminal

worst case scenario man, just reinstall the os. it could be that something went wrong during the install

if that doesnt fix anything, i suggest you re-flash the iso onto the USB.

[royal marlin]

💀

[marble hedge]

i've had it happen before a handful of times

[royal marlin]

re do everything?

[warm coral]

hmmm... as a generaly rule its probably always wise to have timeshift setup on some extra disk so you can restor your system in case of total buggerup

[marble hedge]

yeah it wont take too long, just run through the setup

[royal marlin]

mean?

i mean i do everything again right? empty my drive and re-install linux mint

[marble hedge]

yes

it could just be that something went wrong during the installation

you got the iso from the mint website right?

[royal marlin]

hm

[marble hedge]

21.3 cinnamon?

[royal marlin]

hm

[warm coral]

i guess hmmm.. and set up timeshift so if you do run into an issue in future you can alway restore to when it last worked

[royal marlin]

gtg coming back going for dinner

[marble hedge]

ok, try reinstalling it

make sure you dont move the usb around in the port when installing

[royal marlin]

bro ahh i installed the os two times btw

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1188536500204347524/1250337016210784277/rn_image_picker_lib_temp_3988a56e-2d7d-4bdc-99b6-fef416cab270.jpg?ex=666a9296&is=66694116&hm=709a0d90de8165cfc91346958f9b91521e2262d70d45a945a3ea64bdae415bc0&=&format=webp&width=1085&height=610

first time this was showing when i re-start after installing the os

second times just black screen

both i force shutdown and use it

@torpid forge

[torpid forge]

uhh, why squashFS?

[royal marlin]

i donno bro i did wrote the linux

😴

[torpid forge]

I using ext4 when selecting theme stuff

[royal marlin]

what is that?

[torpid forge]

and this looks like the right menu

ext4 is a file system

[royal marlin]

uhm ? i mean the icons arent matching the preiview

[royal marlin]

can u give me installation or wot?

[torpid forge]

I did manual installation 50 MiB ESP/EFI partition, rest ext4

[royal marlin]

tell me how to install it?

[torpid forge]

when installing, there's a partition option to manually partition

Idk if squashFS actually is on your install or if you got a bad ISO

[royal marlin]

tell me how to verify?

[torpid forge]

sorry, I've never done verification , however, I'm sure you find instructions where you got it

[royal marlin]

🤓 can u just tell me to how to apply those theme icons?

[torpid forge]

it should just sorta work?

where'd you get the theme?

[royal marlin]

the theme APP

[torpid forge]

I don't know then, stuff worked without issue for me

[royal marlin]

l

k

[royal marlin]

btw :
https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmint/comments/14u8m57/linux_noob_question_disaster_avoided_squashfs/

@warm coral bro can u help me ?

how do i turn off the log in automatically option?

i need a password for my laptop to turn on

[warm coral]

not sure where that setting is in mint only know that one in rasberry pi os