How To configure GDM Login Screen Background ?

asked 2015-01-25 01:00:19 -0600

Shrinath
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updated 2015-01-25 11:56:59 -0600

mether
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Hello Everyone!

I have used Fedora a long time ago and am making a comeback with F21. All looks good, but I have one problem - setting a background image on the login screen. I am trying to set the Whispy_Tails.jpg image in the /usr/share/backgrounds/gnome directory but it's not working.

I tried whatever was mentioned here, but no luck.

I know the difference between Desktop Background and Lock Screen. In this post, I am not talking about either. I am talking about the GDM background screen (which is currently Grey/Black) where I login.

Using Fedora 21 Workstation x86_64 with GNOME.

Thanks !!

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answered 2015-01-25 14:56:23 -0600

empateinfinito
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Follow this steps ( all as root,please be careful )

sudo nautilus /usr/share/gnome-shell/theme
make a copy of the file "noise-texture.png" this is the background file in the GDM
now copy "your image.png" to /usr/share/gnome-shell/theme
erase the file "noise-texture.png"
rename your "image.png" to "noise-texture.png"
quit nautilus and log out
it's all :)

Good Luck !

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Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. The method you suggested works, but the image comes up tiled or stretched (in case the image is not of the correct size) and also I have to convert the image into PNG and rename accordingly.

I did a little research around and found that the gnome-shell.css file in the same directory has information about the image on the GDM login screen. So I modified it as follows and things worked as expected (wiith any file name and any file type).

#lockDialogGroup {
    background: #2e3436 url(Road-grayscale.jpg);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-size: cover;
    background-position: center center;
}

Accepting your answer. Thanks !!

Shrinath ( 2015-01-26 05:06:34 -0600 )edit

I hope you know what will happen with the next update of gnome-shell? (rpm -qi /usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/noise-texture.png)

mclmmc ( 2015-01-27 15:13:58 -0600 )edit

@mclmmc - Not really sure. Will it break the gnome-shell or override my settings ? P.S. I have altogether removed the noise-texture.png file and updated the gnome-shell.css file accordingly.

Shrinath ( 2015-01-31 00:50:52 -0600 )edit

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answered 2015-08-22 05:00:46 -0600

arik
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Hello,

does anybody know how to do this on fedora 22?

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