Gnome 3 - Change login background

I just installed Gnome 3 and am running in fallback mode.
In Gnome 2 was able to customize the login window background. Is there a way to change the default background in Gnome 3?
I'm ok with overwriting the default background picture, as well.
Thanks!
Last edited by youjh (2011-05-04 20:51:41)

The wiki procedure, e.g.
$ su -
Password:
[root@first-desktop ~]# su - gdm -s /bin/bash
[gdm@first-desktop ~]$ dbus-launch
No protocol specified
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-CIylRIX6Qz,guid=17e852f3d2ebc593113ace52000007d5
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID=12403
[gdm@first-desktop ~]$ export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-CIylRIX6Qz,guid=17e852f3d2ebc593113ace52000007d5
[gdm@first-desktop ~]$ export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID=12403
[gdm@first-desktop ~]$ ps aux | grep dconf
gdm 12518 0.0 0.0 8164 968 pts/0 S+ 21:22 0:00 grep dconf
[gdm@first-desktop ~]$ /usr/lib/dconf/dconf-service &
[1] 12540
[gdm@first-desktop ~]$ GSETTINGS_BACKEND=dconf gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri
'file:///var/lib/gdm/.cache/gnome-control-center/backgrounds/413e48595eeacc43c375b9cb3b501557f13766f0c6b812c1402a1e5c9ff910d1'
[gdm@first-desktop ~]$ GSETTINGS_BACKEND=dconf gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri "file:///usr/share/archlinux/wallpaper/archlinux-arrival.jpg"
[gdm@first-desktop ~]$ exit
logout
[root@first-desktop ~]# exit
logout
$
really does change the background of the gdm login window, though it's also possible to
sudo cp -t /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/ /usr/share/applications/gnome-control-center.desktop /usr/share/applications/dconf-editor.desktop
then logout, make tweaks, log back in and
sudo rm /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/gnome-control-center.desktop /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/dconf-editor.desktop
Last edited by azleifel (2011-05-04 20:42:38)

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