How to change background.

[Geoffrey Leach]

On 01/15/2011 03:21:26 PM, Zoltan Hoppar wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have forgot to mention that you have to regenerate initrd.
> 
> /usr/libexec/plymouth/plymouth-update-initrd
> 
> 
> Cu,
> 
> Zoltan
> 
> 2011/1/16 Zoltan Hoppar <hopparz at gmail.com>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > The boot screen called plymouth, and it has plugins. For example:
> >
> >  su yum install plymouth-theme-spinfinity;
> >  su plymouth-set-default-theme spinfinity;
> >
> > And spinfinity is just one theme....
> >
> >
> >
> > 2011/1/15 Erik P. Olsen <epodata at gmail.com>:
> >> On 15/01/11 23:36, Frank Cox wrote:
> >>> On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 23:24:05 +0100
> >>> Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> It's easy to change desktop background *after* user login. But
> how do you
> >>>> change the background *before* user login?
> >>>
> >>> Background of what?
> >>
> >> Of the desktop. I know perfectly well how to change desktop
> background at the
> >> user level. I am talking of the desktop before you login.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Erik

Alternatively, use /usr/bin/gnome-appearance-properties to find the 
background image being used. Then, copy the image that you want onto 
that file. Assuming, of course that it's login that you want, not boot!