changing GDM background image on F12

Mikkel mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Sun Nov 29 02:03:41 UTC 2009


On 11/28/2009 07:56 PM, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote:
> 
> Todd Zullinger <tmz at pobox.com> writes:
>> As the subject says, he's trying to change the background for the GDM
>> screen.  Since GDM doesn't provide a panel, there isn't really a
>> convenient way to browse to system->preferences->appearance... :)
>>
>> Using gconftool-2 is generally the best way to achieve this, and works
>> fine for me on F-12 (as it has in past releases).  Why it's not
>> working for Fred remains to be seen.
> 
> You can also set it as a user's background via the normal preferences
> setting and then make that the system default (via the bottom "Make
> Default" button).
> 
> -wolfgang
Would that affect GDM's background, or only the Gnome desktop's
background? They are not the same thing.

Mikkel
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