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BTW if I do an upgrade from lenny to squeeze on the same hardware, then I get "Login Window" with all options, but if I do a fresh squeeze installation, then I get this pop-up windows that I've posted before, really strange...
Yeah that is really strange. One thing that can be tried is un-installing and re-installing gdm package. Not sure if it will work but can give it a try.
It's GDM 3, so you need to edit /etc/gdm3/greeter.gconf-defaults.
After that run:
Code:
dpkg-reconfigure gdm3
Thx, but what exactly should be changed there?
Code:
# cat /etc/gdm3/greeter.gconf-defaults
# Use a specific background
#/desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename /usr/share/images/desktop-base/login-background.svg
#/desktop/gnome/background/picture_options zoom
# Theming options
#/desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme Clearlooks
# Greeter options
/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/logo_icon_name debian-swirl
# Play system beeps - especially the one when the greeter is ready
/desktop/gnome/sound/event_sounds true
# Some other possible options
#/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/banner_message_enable true
#/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/banner_message_text Welcome
#/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_restart_buttons false
#/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list false
# The lower panel doesn't work with the compositor
/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager false
# Prevent the power management icon from showing up
/apps/gnome-power-manager/ui/icon_policy never
well, for example, I changed the background pic on my system. Note that most of the options are commented out. Remove the hash mark ('#') in front of an option, and then change its value on the right side of the file...
Distribution: Debian Testing, Stable, Sid and Manjaro, Mageia 3, LMDE
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That changes the background but how do you change the theme? I changed the background some time back but I would like to change the color of the login box, particularly the blue where the user name appears.
That changes the background but how do you change the theme? I changed the background some time back but I would like to change the color of the login box, particularly the blue where the user name appears.
My problem is basically this;
I have no idea what the paths there mean at all. Where do these things actually live (what are those paths really pointing to)?
I dunno about the blue where the name appears, but the paths are gconf2 paths, and you can see them if you open up the 'Configuration Editor' that you find at 'Applications->System Tools->Configuration Editor'. I don't know what portion of the theme can actually be changed by way of gconf, like I say, I just changed the bg and the 'Clearlooks' to 'Glider'.
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