Anyone know how to do $SUBJECT? I've tried running both gnome-control- center and dconf as the gdm user, but neither one had any effect. TIA -- =======================================================================Ian Pilcher arequipeno at gmail.com -------- "I grew up before Mark Zuckerberg invented friendship" -------- ========================================================================
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 12:32:41PM -0500, Ian Pilcher wrote:> Anyone know how to do $SUBJECT? I've tried running both gnome-control- > center and dconf as the gdm user, but neither one had any effect. > > TIAdepends on which Centos you're talking about. If C7, with Gnome 3, here's one URL a little searching turned up: http://smashingweb.info/change-the-background-of-gnome-3-gdm-login-screen/ or http://lukewickstead.wordpress.com/2010/12/12/how-to-change-background-gdm-3-and-grub-2-themes-in-debian-squeeze/ -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. ----------------------------- Proverbs 15:3 (niv) -----------------------------
On Mon, 2014-07-14 at 12:32 -0500, Ian Pilcher wrote:> Anyone know how to do $SUBJECT? I've tried running both gnome-control- > center and dconf as the gdm user, but neither one had any effect. > > TIA >Hi, Best way to-do this and one that is reversible if needed. - Open terminal. - Do: 'cd /usr/share/gnome-shell/theme' - Do: 'sudo cp -f noise-texture.png noise-texture.png.orig' - Pick a wallpaper that is 'png' and the same resolution as your screen. - Do: 'sudo cp -f /path_to/my_image.png noise-texture.png' You may need to experiment with the size of the image to match your resolution. To reverse the changes: - Do: 'cd /usr/share/gnome-shell/theme' - Do: 'sudo cp -f noise-texture.png.orig noise-texture.png' - Do: 'sudo rm -f noise-texture.png.orig' Regards Phil -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 836 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20140714/65af1fe8/attachment-0003.sig>
On 07/14/2014 12:32 PM, Ian Pilcher wrote:> Anyone know how to do $SUBJECT? I've tried running both gnome-control- > center and dconf as the gdm user, but neither one had any effect. > > TIA >You probably want to read over -> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Desktop_Migration_and_Administration_Guide/customizing-login-screen.html and https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Desktop_Migration_and_Administration_Guide/customize-desktop-backgrounds.html#setting-default-background Essentially you just need to jam the right voodoo in a local dconf config file and 'dconf update'. -- Jim Perrin The CentOS Project | http://www.centos.org twitter: @BitIntegrity | GPG Key: FA09AD77