changing GDM background image on F12

[Todd Zullinger]

fred smith wrote:
> I've looked thru the forums and done some googling but I don't see an
> answer THAT WORKS for this question:
>
> How to change the default GDM background/wallpaper to some other image?
> I've tried all the things listed in the forums and none of them works,
> including (but not limited to) copying the image I want into
> /usr/share/backgrounds/images then running this command:
>
> gconftool-2 --direct --config-source=xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults --set --type string "/desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename" "/usr/share/backgrounds/images/Fistmaster.FullHD.0190.jpg"
>
> having done that either log off or reboot and voila! no change at all! :(

FWIW, it works for me, using one of the stock images.  It does require
a restart of gdm (which rebooting surely would cover :).

Perhaps the images you added has an SELinux context that gdm does not
like?  Try a restorecon -rv "/usr/share/backgrounds/images" as well as
verifying that the image has permissions which would let the gdm user
read it.

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