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How do I make System monitor use the same theme as Ubuntu 22.10 Cinnamon 5.4.12

user849355

11/4/23, 7:58 PM

Ubuntu 22.10 with Cinnamon desktop 5.4.12 not showing System Monitor 42.0 with same theme:

Ubuntu release updated yesterday 3th november 2022 from 22.04 using lightdm and Cinnamon to Kinetic.

I didn't found any settings to allow to change it:

How can I make it use the same theme?

I found the same question here, on github, but the problem came from the snap version.

I installed it with apt install gnome-system-monitor:

My current theme settings:

I found the same issue on Github with another theme. It seems it's gnome-system-monitor that does it wrong with GTK4. Here another article: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-HIG-2021-Design describing they are bussy with the implementation of it since 2021.

Is there no workarround solution since ?

I made other tests, and it seems gnome themes only are provided with GTK2 support. Am I right?

root@lubuton:/home/wingarmac# apt-cache search gnome-theme
gnome-themes-extra - Adwaita GTK+ 2 theme — engine
gnome-themes-extra-data - Adwaita GTK+ 2 theme — common files
gnome-theme-gilouche - openSUSE Gilouche Theme
gnome-themes-standard - Adwaita GTK+ 2 theme — engine - transitional package
gnome-themes-ubuntu - Ubuntu community themes

So I can presume it's because gnome-system-monitor isn't GTK4 compatible?

If so, can I make it use the dark GTK2 theme instead eventually ?

I also tested the installation of the snap version:

root@lubuton:/home/wingarmac# snap install gnome-system-monitor
gnome-system-monitor 42.0 from Canonical✓ installed

With same results for both described as follow in the Cinnamon menu:

(I do not know which one is snaps so I tried both)

These tests where all made on my personal computer till now. So I've another computer for test, where I did install Ubuntu server 22.10.

After the installation of it:

sudo su
apt update && apt upgrade
apt install ubuntu-desktop --no-install-recommends
apt install cinnamon
apt install ubuntu-mate-icon-themes
apt install nvidia-driver*
reboot

After logon I've configured my desktop like on my personal computer with the Adwaita dark theme and Yaru red icons. gnome-system-monitor shows up in dark.

Other sites visited (information - sources - similar issues):

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Archisman Panigrahi

11/4/23, 10:45 PM

It seems that you are not using the default Yaru theme. If the theme you are using supports GTK4, then this problem will not appear. You can either use a GTK theme that supports GTK4, e.g. Yaru/Arc, or ask the maintainer of your current theme to add support for GTK4.

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user849355

11/5/23, 1:03 AM

After some tests I found a solution.

I first took a look to the Cinnamon System Settings in de menu.

It was wrote as comment "Control Center".

Since gnome-system-monitor is from gnome I search for the /bin/gnome-control-center on my current install. I found it and tried to open it:

From there I could set the dark appearance:

After that the gnome-system-monitor was also with a dark theme:

I installed the apt version instead of the snap version of gnome-system monitor, since the icon in the taskbar is the last version of it , what wasn't the case of the snap version.

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