2012-02-11

Change login Screen [Ubuntu]


  1. Activate the Appearance window at login:
    • sudo cp /usr/share/applications/gnome-appearance-properties.desktop /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow
  2. re-login
  3. select a wallpaper from the background tab
  4. Disable the Appearance window at login:
    • sudo unlink /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/gnome-appearance-properties.desktop

4 comments:

  1. cp: cannot stat `/usr/share/applications/gnome-appearance-properties.desktop': No such file or directory

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  2. macbookpro@MacbookPro:~$ sudo cp /usr/share/applications/gnome-appearance-properties.desktop /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow
    [sudo] password for macbookpro:

    cp: cannot stat `/usr/share/applications/gnome-appearance-properties.desktop': No such file or directory
    macbookpro@MacbookPro:~$

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  3. In Ubuntu 11.10 the file has been removed, for lower versions it works fine.

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  4. ...which makes these instructions utterly useless since this is the era of 12.04 and rapidly approaching 12.10. Please review your solution. Thanks...

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