<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Thanks, that got me pointed in the right direction. Here are the slightly tweaked lines for the LiveCD that did it for me... gconftool-2 --direct --config-source=xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults -t str -s /desktop/gnome/background/color_shading_type "solid" >/dev/null gconftool-2 --direct --config-source=xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults -t str -s /desktop/gnome/background/primary_color "#000000000000" >/dev/null gconftool-2 --direct --config-source=xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults -t str -s /desktop/gnome/background/secondary_color "#ffffffffffff" >/dev/null gconftool-2 --direct --config-source=xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults -t str -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename "/usr/share/backgrounds/images/LiveCD-Background.png" >/dev/null gconftool-2 --direct --config-source=xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults -t str -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_options "centered" >/dev/null gconftool-2 --direct --config-source=xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults -t str -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_opacity "100" >/dev/null gconftool-2 --direct --config-source=xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults -t bool -s /desktop/gnome/background/draw_background true >/dev/null -- cj -- </div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><hr size="1">From: Patrice Guay <patrice.guay@nanotechnologies.qc.ca> To: fedora-livecd-list@redhat.com Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:58:02 PM Subject: Re: [Fedora-livecd-list] Custom default background <a ymailto="mailto:juszak@yahoo.com" href="mailto:juszak@yahoo.com">juszak@yahoo.com</a> wrote: > Does anybody know of an easy way to customize the default background on the livecd? > See <a href="http://ilkinbalkanay.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-to-change-gnome-desktop-wallpaper.html" target="_blank">http://ilkinbalkanay.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-to-change-gnome-desktop-wallpaper.html</a> You should add a line like the following in the %post section of the kickstart configuration file: gconftool-2 -t str -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename "/usr/share/backgrounds/images/new_background.png" Obviously, the new background must exist. You could create an RPM package containing only this file to achieve it. -- Patrice Guay -- Fedora-livecd-list mailing list <a ymailto="mailto:Fedora-livecd-list@redhat.com" href="mailto:Fedora-livecd-list@redhat.com">Fedora-livecd-list@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-livecd-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-livecd-list</a> </div></div></div> </body></html>