Change the Login Window Ubuntu 9.10

[bluephreakr]

This method implies you actually know what you're doing in nTTY.

A non-TTY way would be to open nautilus as admin, go to File System/usr/share/gdm/autostart­/LoginWIndow and put whatever you want to autorun in there. Example: Drag the "Appearance" menu entry into the window, then log out. Appearance comes up.

It's really awesome and even more flexible for a noob that way.

[maw88ify]

Now all you need to do is go and download a program called "Ubuntu tweak" and use it to change the logo-in screen... It's way easier now.

[maw88ify]

You don't have to do all this just right click on you desktop Create Launcher ...

Command ... is

gksudo -u gdm dbus-launch gnome-appearance-properties

it is way easier than this ...

[maw88ify]

In 9.10 you could just do this

Just right click on you desktop Create Launcher

give it any NAME

For the command use

gksu nautilus /usr/share/images/xsplash

click o.k. and your done you now have a short cut... and change the image

[davidkozat88]

Hi there after using your commands to change my login theme and login in only 40% of my screen is displayed in form of a square the rest is all dark is displays the screensaver fine but and when i log off i can see the full display but when i log back on the display shows me only a little square of about 40% is there a way of fixing this?

[rotrials]

Hello,Where i can find those background?wallpapers?Please

[blacksiddis]

I can get into the control center with no problems, but the Appearances button has the exact same features as the right click on dekstop --> Change desktop background (with the tabs, themes, fonts etc but no log in screen or alike tab)

[MTMGmr1991]

what kind of docking system are you using?

i am currently using SimDock any other you might recommend?

[brtidwell55]

Its Avant Window Navigator

[dbuzz]

gnome do is probably the best

[Rhymiz]

@MTMGmr1991 Gnome Do

[scooby67e]

How did you set up the dual monitor

[brtidwell55]

I have a NVIDIA 9600 GT card. I set up the dual monitors in Nvidia X Server settings

[boleyngirl123]

when i hit ctrl+alt+f1, i got a black screen saying "digital input: cannot display this video mode".....what's wrong?

[masterp398]

When i try to type my password nothing shows up when i type.

Whats wrong?

[thatbudguy]

plug in your keyboard

[allmightyNitz666]

its designed not to show anything its just the way linux is, just type your pass normally and hit enter and it will work

[kj5559]

i get error user unknown

[freds3251]

There is a easy way that you can do while being logged in. If anyone has problems send me a message.

[dale456654]

Why have they made it so hard, i just cant be bothered anymore

[hunterdogcat7]

@dale456654 The reason is to allow faster boot times. Notice how much faster it is!!!

[dale456654]

@hunterdogcat7 I thought that was because of ext4.

[fourdotsYT]

@dale456654 'They' is 'us' - if you want you can make it easier yourself and share, or wait for someone else to do it.

BTW - they didn't make it hard; it's hard by nature, they just didn't get around to making it easy (after making it better) yet for the rest of... us. lol

Linux Power!

[maw88ify]

@fourdotsYT This is way harder to change the log-in... it is so much easier in 9.04... in 9.04 you just done load a theme like 73364-ubuntu-black.tar.gz to your home folder....

open System / Administrator and open the Local tab then click add... oooo hard...

[fourdotsYT]

@maw88ify Yes it was easier. But it changed to make booting faster -it was deemed more important to more people,than changing the theme on your login screen(still possible with minor effort)

Advice:

Log an issue on launchpad.

Get comfortable with the console,it's really not that difficult.

Got it working in under 10 seconds.

Sometimes its even better than a GUI;e.g. getting help online, it's easier to copy-paste a couple of commands, than to read through long mayb wrong descriptions/screenshots

[maw88ify]

@fourdotsYT It was more important to what people did they ask you ?

I know they didn't ask me...

But did you try what I said... when your logged in you can use

gksudo -u gdm dbus-launch gnome-appearance-properties

it does the same thing , it changed the log-in screen

How do I make the log-in box transparent, where is it saved so I can change it ?

I want the box to be transparent not white ..

[wturnerharris]

can't you just go to System>Pref>Appearances?

[cnoyes82]

p.s., it's assumed that you know how to copy files to your /usr/share/backgrounds folder prior to typing the command.

[cnoyes82]

it would be much easier to open up a terminal window and type gksudo -u gdm dbus-launch gnome-appearance-properties Not sure what the use of the 30 steps is....seems unnecessarily labour intensive.

[rainman85nc]

it helped me a lot better

[MaceStoner]

I don't know how you did what you did, but your instructions lead to the desktop background options...

[brtidwell55]

Yes. That now controls your login background as well

[abnashdillon]

I get :unknown user: u -gdmgnome-control-centre

I go to do it again and all the previous terminal information is there and option to login is gone... help would be great mate!

thanks

[brtidwell55]

Sorry. The command was wrong in the description. Its fixed now. The command is sudo gdm gnome-control-center

[abnashdillon]

Yep that did it. Thanks mate!

[abnashdillon]

Hey mate didnt work for me, I entered both the codes, and the first 1 did nothing and the 2nd also did nothing, I copied them to the terminal so they were done correctly.

was there any steps u didnt mention and did because mine isnt working like yours. Yes i am running 9.10

[onlyadot]

@abnashdillon same with me

[mvalviar]

lol we have the save brand of LCD. Hanns-G HW191D

[frvfilms]

yeah baby.