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anyone kno how to change the login screen theme and background in LMDE 64-bit? i tried but i basically got the middle finger. i have tried editing the greeter.conf file and using the terminal with this line but that didnt work. anyone know a way?

Try editing usr/share/gnome-background-properties

how do i edit that?

click on Computer on desktop > File System > usr > share > then right click on gnome-background-properties folder and Open as administrator then click on linuxmint.xml

change the last bit in the line below for your desired image and the bit before for the folder

/usr/share/backgrounds/linuxmint/default_background.jpg

then save file and test

I'm only guessing all this by looking in the folders

I haven't a clue how you would do it with Terminal

Sorry - I've just been and had a bit more of a poke around and tried it but it didn't work so I gave up

so did i

I have a crude way of changing the login screen but it does work without any problems.

Go to file system/usr/share/backgrounds and open the folder linux mint as admin/root. Right click on "default_background" and open it in gimp. (assuming you have gimp or something similar)
Open the background image of your choice in gimp as well. Click edit and cut to remove the image out of the "default_background". Copy the image from your favorite background image and paste into the default background file. Resize the image with the resize tool till it fits and then crop so it fits. Save the image, which should work if you have permission to edit the file.
Restart linux and you should see the background of your choice as your login screen... Like I said, the method is crude but it works well if done properly