Sorry to hear the work around didn't do anything. Maybe the fields other than Inherits actually matter I basically thought that the ~/.icons/default/index.theme would override the /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme. It does for me but I am using the simple DMZ (White) theme.
[Icon Theme]
Name = DMZ (White)
Comment = Nice White Theme
Inherits = DMZ-White
Sorry to hear the work around didn't do anything. Maybe the fields other than Inherits actually matter I basically thought that the ~/.icons/ default/ index.theme would override the /usr/share/ icons/default/ index.theme. It does for me but I am using the simple DMZ (White) theme.
[Icon Theme]
Name = DMZ (White)
Comment = Nice White Theme
Inherits = DMZ-White