1. Logout of your current session and return to the GDM 2. Switch to the tty command line prompt using
1. Logout of your current session and return to the GDM
2. Switch to the tty command line prompt using Ctrl-Alt-F1
3. Login using your normal login/password
4. at the command line prompt type: export DISPLAY=:0.0
5. then type: sudo -u gdm gnome-control-center
6. Switch back to the gdm screen using ALT-F7
7. The gnome-control-center should be loaded. Use it to configure your GDM.
8. Click on the Appearances icon, in appearances you can change your GDM's font, theme and background image.
9. Close the gnome-control-center and login normally.
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OMG now the appearance center comes up every logon :(
- Visitor 1 year 38 weeks agohi i am animesh
- Visitor 2 years 1 week agoi used these commands but it not created the themes option in preferences
and shown the 4729 error
Greetings, This is the first time that I've heard of this option to change the GDM login window. I found it interesting except that when I got to step 5 my computer couldn't find the info to export. What do I do now? Also, I cannot find on my menu the 'Login Window' either. How can I get that placed on my menu? I am also having trouble with the resolution of the splash & Login window with the picture flicking around sideways and up & down. Can't seem to fix that. Could you help me with these problems please?
- Pamela 2 years 5 weeks agoThanks
isnt there anything more user friendly?
- Visitor 2 years 7 weeks ago