change background at login

0-day · 2018-06-24 08:44:32

How to change background login?

ohnonot · 2018-06-24 09:40:54

https://www.startpage.com/do/dsearch?qu … background

doxanthropos · 2018-06-24 12:03:34

In BL, you can easily find and edit the config for the login by using the menu under "System" -> "Login Settings".

Just find the file that is called lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf and edit the line that says background=something.

0-day · 2018-06-24 13:42:06

# LightDM GTK+ Configuration
# Available configuration options listed below.
#
# Appearance:
# theme-name = GTK+ theme to use
# icon-theme-name = Icon theme to use
# background = Background file to use, either an image path or a color (e.g. #772953)
# user-background = false|true ("true" by default) Display user background (if available)
# transition-duration = Length of time (in milliseconds) to transition between background images ("500" by default)
# transition-type = ease-in-out|linear|none ("ease-in-out" by default)
#
# Fonts:
# font-name = Font to use
# xft-antialias = false|true Whether to antialias Xft fonts
# xft-dpi = Resolution for Xft in dots per inch (e.g. 96)
# xft-hintstyle = none|slight|medium|hintfull What degree of hinting to use
# xft-rgba = none|rgb|bgr|vrgb|vbgr Type of subpixel antialiasing
#
# Login window:
# active-monitor = Monitor to display greeter window (name or number). Use #cursor value to display greeter at monitor with cursor. Can be a semicolon separated list
# position = x y ("50% 50%" by default) Login window position
# default-user-image = Image used as default user icon, path or #icon-name
# hide-user-image = false|true ("false" by default)
#
# Panel:
# panel-position = top|bottom ("top" by default)
# clock-format = strftime-format string, e.g. %H:%M
# indicators = semi-colon ";" separated list of allowed indicator modules. Built-in indicators include "~a11y", "~language", "~session", "~power", "~clock", "~host", "~spacer". Unity indicators can be represented by short name (e.g. "sound", "power"), service file name, or absolute path
#
# Accessibility:
# a11y-states = states of accessibility features: "name" - save state on exit, "-name" - disabled at start (default value for unlisted), "+name" - enabled at start. Allowed names: contrast, font, keyboard, reader.
# keyboard = command to launch on-screen keyboard (e.g. "onboard")
# keyboard-position = x y[;width height] ("50%,center -0;50% 25%" by default) Works only for "onboard"
# reader = command to launch screen reader (e.g. "orca")
#
# Security:
# allow-debugging = false|true ("false" by default)
# screensaver-timeout = Timeout (in seconds) until the screen blanks when the greeter is called as lockscreen
#
# Template for per-monitor configuration:
# [monitor: name]
# background = overrides default value
# user-background = overrides default value
# laptop = false|true ("false" by default) Marks monitor as laptop display
# transition-duration = overrides default value
#
[greeter]
#background=
#user-background=
#theme-name=
#icon-theme-name=
#font-name=
#xft-antialias=
#xft-dpi=
#xft-hintstyle=
#xft-rgba=
#indicators=
#clock-format=
#keyboard=
#reader=
#position=
#screensaver-timeout=

0-day · 2018-06-24 14:08:26

solved with lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings

nore · 2018-06-24 14:08:51

Like doxanthropos just told you, edit line 48 right after [greeter]. Change

#background=

to something like

background=/usr/share/backgrounds/whatever.jpg

Make sure to include full path to your image.

And please, please learn how to use code tags when posting!

Last edited by nore (2018-06-24 14:11:53)

johnraff · 2018-06-25 01:12:09

There is also an "alternative" method for the specific login background image setting:
menu>System>Edit Debian Alternatives
and look for bl-login-background. You can hit the [+] button to set the path to some image as an alternative to /usr/share/images/bunsen/login/default.png

hhh · 2018-06-25 04:14:35

0-day wrote:

solved with lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings

I didn't realize this had made it into stretch, nice!

johnraff · 2018-06-25 06:42:13

^Add to our default apps list? It would mean editing the menu too...

hhh · 2018-06-25 08:11:58

I'm all about GUI settings. Put it on the discussion list.

GalacticStone · 2025-06-01 19:47:22

I know this is an old thread, but I tried looking for the following file to edit and it wasn't there. Has the name/location changed or does this method not work now?

I'm looking to change the background on the startup login screen. Thanks!

There is also an "alternative" method for the specific login background image setting:
menu>System>Edit Debian Alternatives
and look for bl-login-background. You can hit the [+] button to set the path to some image as an alternative to /usr/share/images/bunsen/login/default.png

hhh · 2025-06-01 20:11:46

In the Main Menu, navigate to System Settings>Login Settings. That will open a GUI and you can change the wallpaper there. Save, close, then logout.

I actually don't know what the checkbox "Use user wallpaper if available is available" is about, but the image you use has to be moved out of your home directory and into a system directory (I use /usr/share/images). Open Thunar File Manager, type /usr/share/images and hit Enter, then right-click an empty space in that folder and choose "Open as root". Now open another instance of Thunar and navigate to the wall in your home directory and you'll be able to cut/paste or copy/paste into the root directory. At least, that's one way to do it.

Last edited by hhh (2025-06-01 20:20:05)

GalacticStone · 2025-06-02 01:39:51

hhh wrote:

In the Main Menu, navigate to System Settings>Login Settings. That will open a GUI and you can change the wallpaper there. Save, close, then logout.
I actually don't know what the checkbox "Use user wallpaper if available is available" is about, but the image you use has to be moved out of your home directory and into a system directory (I use /usr/share/images). Open Thunar File Manager, type /usr/share/images and hit Enter, then right-click an empty space in that folder and choose "Open as root". Now open another instance of Thunar and navigate to the wall in your home directory and you'll be able to cut/paste or copy/paste into the root directory. At least, that's one way to do it.

Thanks! That did the trick.

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