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on startup login screen has default wallpaper
I am on kubuntu 22.04 and when I start up my device, login screen shows the default login background not the one I set in settings.
waking from sleep or locking screen shows correct login screen ...
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How to change Ubuntu Logo on Login Screen?
I changed the logo named ubuntu-logo.png under /usr/share/plymouth
But, it reverts to the original logo (please click/tap on the "Image" for reference) after I rebooted my system.
GDM ...
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How do I set user background for lightDM login screen?
I am quite lost on how to set user-specific background.
There does not seem to be many resources on this matter.
Setting background from gnome-control-center does not work.
org.gnome.settings-daemon....
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No gdm.css in Ubuntu 20.04, how to change login screen background then? [duplicate]
Before ubuntu 20.04 (at least in 18.04 I am sure) you could change the background for login screen, by editing /etc/alternatives/gdm.css, and changing the url of background image to my favourite file.
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Customize Login Screen 18.04
How can i customize the login screen instead of having the normal ubuntu login screen?
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Cannot change login screen background in 18.10
I changed both the desktop and login screen background photos. However,only desktop photo is changed. The one on the login screen is still the purple Ubuntu one. Is this a bug?
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Why does Ubuntu 18.04 LTS load default wallpapers before user set wallpaper?
I'm running 18.04 LTS, and I've changed both my desktop wallpaper and the login screen wallpaper to a custom image. However, when I boot my computer, The login screen will load and display the default ...
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Login Screen background changes itself before login in (ubuntu 16.04) [duplicate]
I changed the default login screen wallpaper to a custom one as well as the desktop background to a another custom one(basically I have two different backgrounds one for login screen and one for ...
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Changing login background automatically
If I changed my desktop background picture, that picture would also be set to login screen. Now it's not working. Whatever I change, login background is the same picture (Ubuntu's default picture) How ...
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how do I change only my lockscreen wallpaper?
I want to have two separate wallpaper, one for my login screen and another for my desktop wallpaper, on my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Login background changed, but lock screen persists [closed]
I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 and I was able to change the login screen background with the Ubuntu Tweak tool, but for some reason, the lock screen does not change. I already checked in dconf-editor, the ...
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Separate wallpaper for login screen and desktop? (16.04 LTS) [duplicate]
I've tried searching for an answer to this with no luck.
I had a go at the method detailed here but as soon as I log out the new wallpaper is there for a brief second before it changes back to my ...
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Make Lubuntu's login screen solid color
Since i3 appears to inherit the wallpaper from Lubuntu (16.04)'s login screen, I figure I need to change the latter. I followed these instructions, but to no effect. Not only do I not get the blue ...
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How to change login screen background Ubuntu Gnome 15.10
I'm using Ubuntu Gnome 15.10 and my gdm version is 3.16.2. I know that there are a few different threads here and articles at other websites about customizing the login screen in Ubuntu older version,...
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Lightdm doesn't show wallpaper/background and colors are wrong
The symptoms of the problem are that only default Ubuntu wallpaper is shown in the login screen, the password field, host name (in the top left corner) and menu (in the top right corner) have an ugly ...
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Now that `/usr/share/backgrounds/warty-final-ubuntu.png` has changed, where is the solid purple background screen file stored?
Now that /usr/share/backgrounds/warty-final-ubuntu.png has changed, where is the solid purple background screen file stored?
/usr/share/backgrounds/warty-final-ubuntu.png is the default background, ...
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How to reinstall Ubuntu 14.04's default login screen [duplicate]
I was playing around with the different Window Managers and I ended up uninstalling the default login screen (I think) How can I reinstall that without reinstalling the whole distro?
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How can we set custom image as background for desktop and login screen [duplicate]
If we select default wallpapers in Ubuntu as desktop background image it will automatically set the same image as login screen. But if we use a custom image as a wallpaper it will only change the ...
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change login screen without sudo
I'd like to understand whether a user, without root permissions, can change login screen background, in the same fashion as one can change desktop background or icon size in unity, in particular ...
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Login screen background wallpaper not changing with Dfcon-editor nor Ubuntu Tweak [Ubuntu 14.04]
I am trying to set a new background image for my log in but I can't.
I tried configuring via Dconf-editor with root mode but every time I set the new image and set to True the draw-user-backgrounds ...
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unity-greeter login background won't change according to the user that is highlighted
I use Ubuntu 12.04.
Recently, I change to use another Accounts Service which could remove certain users from the graphic login screen of unity-greeter. I downloaded source code from a branch of
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Unity greeter does not display custom wallpaper
I am using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64 bit . I know this question has popped up many times but I want to make it very clear that none of the posts helped me a bit.
my Problem:
I am unable to get my custom ...
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Log in screen background different from desktop
Since Ubuntu 13.04, in my laptop, when I choose an image as desktop background from my pictures folder, the login screen remains as the default purple image.
To solve that I had to add the image I ...
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Why is my log-in screen such a mess?
Samsung Series 9 - 13.10
Every time I boot up and get to the login screen, I get to this mess of graywashed icons and background. As you can see, due to terrible HDMI support, the background does ...
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How do I change the default logon screen in 12.04 [duplicate]
I'm wondering how I would go about changing the default logon screen (just the background) in Ubuntu 12.04. I can't seem to figure it out.
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Changing login screen wallpaper
I have been trying to change my login screen wallpaper to one of my own using ubuntu-tweak. The wallpapers are located in Ubuntu's default wallpaper folder and I have given all users read privileges ...
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I want to delete warty-final-ubuntu.png
I've seen many stuff here about it but all I want to do is delete this big 2 MB image which loads everytime my Ubuntu boots. As the general law says these things slows down the system. On boot it ...
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Startup Screen stuck after login done
Its a very new install of Raring (Ubuntu 13). My only OS on a HP dv2600 laptop with 2Gb RAM & 160Gb HDD.
My Login screen is stuck after the login is done. Its like it freezes after the login. It ...
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How To Set Default Wallpaper As Login Screen Wallpaper [Automatically]?
I`m Unable To Set The Login Screen Wallpaper Of My Custom Wallpaper Is There Any Working Tool Which Changes Easily Without Any Bugs
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How can I use custom wallpapers for the login screen?
I recently Installed 12.10 version and I loved it! But the there's something weird with Wallpapers. As long as I use a wallpaper from the /usr/share/backgrounds folder (I use the "appearance" dialog ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 login screen: go directly to user background, not via default
I know I'm being rather picky here, but is there a way to configure lightdm so that when the login screen shows after boot it directly shows the selected user's background, instead of first loading ...
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Login Wallpaper Spanning Dual Monitors in 12.04
Is there a way to make the background on the login screen span dual monitors rather than being mirrored? I know it's possible for the actual wallpaper when you're logged in but can't find an option ...
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LightDM Backgroud is a simple purple radiant
It seems after I tried to change the login screen background with Ubuntu Tweak, the greeter's background stays a simple purple background with just the spots..
I tried using dconf-editor, rechanging ...
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Set wallpaper in the Lock Screen [duplicate]
Is there an app or some way to set the desktop wallpaper as viewable when only logged in, and to set another when logged out or locked? I've tried Ubuntu Tweak, but it only does the login wallpaper, ...
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Login wallpaper [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I change the wallpaper in LightDM?
How do I return to default wallpaper on login screen in 12.04?
I know the desktop background wallpaper will also be displayed on ...
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Kubuntu 12.04: Change login screen background?
I am having trouble changing my login screen background. I can select the default wallpaper, the Kde-default one, but whenever I select my own custom wallpaper, there is no image, just a solid color. ...
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Missing Features in Ubuntu 12.04
I have recently upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04, and 2 new features that I have seen advertised on various websites are not on my version:
Individual wallpapers on login screen
Privacy options in 'settings'...
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Where is the login screen wallpaper located?
I want to know this because I like the picture used and I'd like to use it elsewhere. Where is the LightDM login screen wallpaper located in Ubuntu 11.10?
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How to modify the system default login background image?
Following this, I added a couple of modified background images to the backgrounds collection. Now, I want to select a different background for the login screen. How do I do that?
UPDATE: Just tried ...
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