Re: Can't change sddm login screen

[Rick Stevens]

On 07/25/2018 12:03 PM, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
>  I believe I have used
>  System Settings->Startup and Shutdown->Login Screen (SDDM)
>  correctly. I
>  
>    * set the theme to Breeze
>    * click on Background
>    * click on the green image
>    * choose a local file
>    * click Apply
>  
>  The green box is replaced by a thumbnail of my chosen image.  
>  
>  However there is on effect on the login screen and when I start over at 
>  System Settings->Startup and Shutdown->Login Screen (SDDM)
>  the image is gone and the green box has reappeared.
>  
>  What's (not) happening? Maybe a missing configuration directory?
>  No easy to find error messages. 
My guess is that you need to restart sddm. I believe it only looks at
that stuff on startup. Most DMs don't restart upon login or logout, they
keep running.
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