can I reset gnome shell 3.4? themes are not working

[persio]

Some months ago, when I installed Wheezy, I wanted to get back the minimize/restore/close buttons on the top panel so I followed some instructions to do so. Now I have them and they are working fine, but I don't know why doing that broke gnome's ability to change shell themes and even to change GTK themes. I'm stuck on (I think) adawaita and I can't change anything. My windows look like this one:


I would really like to be able to use shell themes and gtk themes again. I know I've messed with settings but I don't know exactly which one, I was a bit sloppy when I changed that stuff. Is there any safe way to restore gnome to it's original settings without affecting everything else? (docs, etc.)

I really don't know what information you would find useful, so please ask if there's any. I'm runing debian wheezy 7.1 with gnome shell 3.4.2 using nouveau drivers.

[michapma]

This problem is not Debian specific. Google says:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/56313/ho ... e-defaults
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=126060
http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get- ... files.html

I can't vouch for the accuracy of any of that, but "deleting" the file(s) where Gnome stores its settings should do the trick. I would rather rename the files instead of deleting them, which does the same thing since Gnome won't find it, so that if it doesn't work I could easily restore.

Alternatively, you could try a purge of the the package gnome-tweak-tool with apt-get, then install it again, might be worth a shot.

[kaviti]

This worked for me.
(I've has a pretty ugly desktop for a couple of months now)

purged gnome-tweak-tool with apt-get
(not sure that this step is required)

Moved my dconf file with
mv .config/dconf/user .config/dconf/user.bak

My gnome desktop is now back to it's default theme settings
Cool no more black fonts on dark grey backgrounds