![]() ![]() by setting your own login screen background image or applying a different colour of gradient. You’ve seen how (relatively) easy it is to change the Ubuntu login screen background, be it. When run this does what you’d hope it does. This is super easy because the script I’ve been using has a -reset option that. ![]() I’ll end this (phenylephrine-fuelled) post on an undo I’ll reset the Ubuntu GDM login screen back to its default colour. If you find you can’t create the gradient you’d like using this script then there’s a work around: creating it in an image editor like The GIMP at your screen’s resolution, export the image, then set it as your login screen background. linear, so you can’t use alternative angles or a radial gradient (which would look especially good on Ubuntu’s login screen given the centralised placement of the login pod).įor me, I’m going back to the blurred purple look instead. There are other gradient limitations in this script, like the fact you’re limited to only horizontal or vertical gradients, i.e. Which is a bit of a bummer as the proper gradient would’ve looked cool. The script only used the first two hex values I passed in command, not all three. This program does it for you automatically, according to. However: I’m pedantic about my own site’s branding and I know that this gradient is not the one I tried to apply. With Wallpaper Juggler you no longer have to worry about changing your desktop background image. This is indeed a gradient going from purple to orange. My aim is to change the solid block of purple above in to something more related to my actual Ubuntu desktop, which is this:Īt first glance you might think it worked. And if you’re currently sleeveless? Put a shirt on you weirdo, then come join me! Change Ubuntu’s Login Screen Background Today, you can change Ubuntu’s login screen background but you’ll need to roll up your sleeves to do so. GDM is a tougher nut to crack GNOME devs really want us to see anything but a solid colour in the greeter! I looked into how to change the Ubuntu login screen background and to my surprise I learned it’s …not that easy to do!īack in the days of LightDM (Ubuntu’s old login manager) we could change the login background image in a couple clicks. Or to put it another way: Ubuntu’s login screen is not something most of us see long enough to care enough about.Īnd yet this evening curiosity got the better of me. Until now I’ve not bothered to look into how to change the GDM background because -as I’m sure many of you are about to point out- I see it for about 3 seconds tops (6 maybe, if I make a typo in my password which, yes, is often). I hope the information provided is useful for you. I’m not saying the expansive block of aubergine that greets me on the Ubuntu login screen is bad, but it’s not really me. Press Windows Key + A to invoke the action center > Click on All Settings > go to the Accounts > From the left hand side list, click on Sync your settings > Under the individual sync settings section, find theme and turn the syncing for it to OFF. ![]()
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