How to change GDM theme in gnome 2.28

I cannot figure out a method. Request for help.

d7wang wrote:Thank you, but that command is not quite functional. According to the bug report, the original GDM configuration tool is temporarily unavailable. I think I'd better waiting for a new tool.~~
You will probably wait very long. New GDM is writed since 2.22, so it makes 2 years without configuration tool...
Last edited by blasse (2009-10-19 13:49:20)

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Hi,
so I read that there is no gdmsetup any longer in Gnome 2.28.
The Wiki says that to configure gdm now, one should execute 'dbus-launch gnome-appearance-properties' as user gdm:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gno … g_gdm_2.28
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# gksudo -u gdm dbus-launch gnome-appearance-properties
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http://hetzner.scummunity.de/~malte/screenshot3.png
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ewaller wrote:
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ewaller@odin:~[1] 1002 %sudo xhost +SI:localuser:gdm
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ewaller@odin:~ 1003 %sudo -u gdm gnome-control-center
ewaller@odin:~ 1004 %
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