KDM Manager themes problem..

[kozer]

Wheb i try to change a theme from kdm theme manager(i write the package from synaptic) nothing happens!!!the theme is stuck to the mints default...I cant install themes either..I choose to install theme but every theme i tried doesnt appear in kdm theme manager..
What can i do?
Please someone tell me why KDM theme manager dont work???What can i do to fix it????

[Husse]

Is it the KDM theme you want to change or the splash between KDM and Desktop or the general theme?
Synaptic is not used in KDE

[kozer]

Its the kdm theme i want to change.....And i know that synaptic not used in kde but mint has it,so why dont use it??When i choose a theme,it just not work..
I manage to fix that,changing the /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc file,but why the gui dont work?

[Husse]

This is not my "department" - I'm not at all into changing themes....
I guess that file was not changed from the GUI - but why.....

[Sokraates]

If you want to change the KDM theme you need to edit kdmrc, the configuration file of KDM.

Iin a terminal type

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sudo kate /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc

Search for the word "theme" and you will find a line with "theme to use" or something similar (I'm not in front of my home computer). Replace "Darya", the name of LM's theme, with the one you want. If you are not sure about the name, look into the theme-folder (usr/share/kdm/themes, I think).

I don't know whether this is a bug or whether the name of the theme shouldn't have been put into kdmrc in the first place.