Fred, That is exactly what I had to do as well. I am curious also to change the login display box , have you seen how to do that? On Sun, 2010-02-21 at 15:15 -0500, fred smith wrote: > On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 12:31:10PM -0500, fred smith wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 11:40:36AM -0500, Todd Zullinger wrote: > > > Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote: > > > > 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). > > > > > > Oh nice. I had looked right past that, even after reading Bill's > > > message. :/ > > > > > > That works fine here as well. Whatever issue Fred's running into, I > > > don't think it's anything that is generally or completely broken. but > > > it seems like he's gone the easy route and overwritten the default > > > image, so we may not find the real cause. > > > > Actually, what I did was save the original constantine.xml and edit > > it to point to the actual image I wanted instead of the default one, > > then saved myself a spare copy of the modified file in case some > > future update clobbers it. > > > > I, too, would like to know why the normal methods didn't work, but > > eventually frustration took hold. > > I don't know why the prescribed method doesn't work. I fought with it > for a long time last fall when I installed F12 on my eeepc. I finally > gave up and hacked the file that defines the GDM background. > > If you look in /usr/share/backgrounds/constantine/default/constantine.xml, > you'll find a series of lines that spell out the full path to the image > file used on the login screen. Just edit it so that each line points > instead to the file you want it to use then log off/on and you should > be all set. (I don't think it needs a reboot--I don't really remember.) > > Just from paranoia, I keep "spare" copies of both the original file as > well as my modified one, in case a GDM update were to come down the pike > and overwrite my customized file. > > -- > ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- > "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of > heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." > ------------------------------ Matthew 7:21 (niv) ----------------------------- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
