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

[Ng Oon-Ee]

On Fri, 2010-07-23 at 12:00 +0100, 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.
> 
> /M
> 
The GDM wiki page gives instructions for that, basically running
gnome-appearance-properties as the gdm user.