changing GDM background image on F12

fred smith fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us
Sun Nov 29 04:20:13 UTC 2009


On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 05:56:20PM -0800, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote:
> 
> Todd Zullinger <tmz at pobox.com> writes:
> > As the subject says, he's trying to change the background for the GDM
> > screen.  Since GDM doesn't provide a panel, there isn't really a
> > convenient way to browse to system->preferences->appearance... :)
> >
> > Using gconftool-2 is generally the best way to achieve this, and works
> > fine for me on F-12 (as it has in past releases).  Why it's not
> > working for Fred remains to be seen.
> 
> You can also set it as a user's background via the normal preferences
> setting and then make that the system default (via the bottom "Make
> Default" button).

been there. done that. didn't work. which is the reason for the
ongoing thread.

thanks anyway.

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