[arch-general] How to change gdm greeter theme?

Peter Cannon dick_turpin at archlinux.us
Fri Jul 23 08:22:59 EDT 2010


On 23/07/10 12:00, Magnus Therning wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 11:29, Ionuț Bîru<ibiru at archlinux.org>  wrote:
>> On 07/23/2010 01:19 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
>>>
>>> Guys,
>>>
>>> This used to be easy with gdmsetup, but in gdm 2.30 -- that's gone. I've
>>> been to the gnome sites, I've googled it, I've looked through the gdm
>>> package and I'm stumped. -- What's the trick?
>>
>> its on the wiki
>>
>> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gnome_2.28_Changes
>
> It's gotten quite a bit worse, usability wise, I think.
>
> Oh, and if you find out how to change the background image for the
> screensaver login then please let me know.  I've looked in vain for
> instructions on how to get rid of the ugly green background that comes
> as default.

There is a script, I think its in AUR something like GDM-Changer or 
something like that. I installed it on my box at home but it doesn't 
work. That might be because I do not use sudo though?

Other than that I've tried all the so called success story's all have 
failed for me :-(


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