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

[David C. Rankin]

On 07/23/2010 05:21 PM, Ng Oon-Ee wrote:
> 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.
>
>

How do you get around this:

gdm:x:120:120:Gnome Display Manager:/var/lib/gdm:/sbin/nologin

su, gksu say account is not available. Do you just change the :sbin/nologin 
part? How -- safely? I've never messed with something like that before.

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