No backround/cant change themes or resolution...please help!

[edubs428]

So i've been having this problem for a while and cant find anything in the forums... I know at one point I had the ability to change my backround image and themes and screen resolution, but not anymore. I have tried reinstalling compiz and all things related, i reinstalled the desktop env. and everything. This machine was built for me and I'm not even sure what version of ubuntu i'm running or anything. can someone help?

Thanks!
Erik

[itang sanjana]

For your Ubuntu release just type in terminal

lsb_release -a

So, what happen when you try to change the background recently?

[edubs428]

nothing... the color changes, but no picture. also i cannot change themes... my gf said something about how she "might" have installed some kde stuff while poking around, but shes not sure. I have gnome and ubuntu 8.04 ;) thanks for the tip) I feel so lost with this now... any thoughts?

Also, I have run compiz check and all is well...

[slashank]

nothing... the color changes, but no picture. also i cannot change themes... my gf said something about how she "might" have installed some kde stuff while poking around, but shes not sure. I have gnome and ubuntu 8.04 ;) thanks for the tip) I feel so lost with this now... any thoughts?

Also, I have run compiz check and all is well...

Was the application gtk-kde4 (http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/gtk-kde4?content=74689)?
Removed it and removed /etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc file which was linked to `kde4-config --localprefix`/share/config/gtkrc

Everything works fine now.