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by **exploder** on Sun May 31, 2009 7:48 pm

I want the screen lock background to be the same as my wallpaper or else black but the new default wallpaper shows up.... How do I change this?

by **slider** on Mon Jun 01, 2009 5:20 am

I kinda thought it might be an image in "/usr/share", but wasnt sure.

Check these links:

http://linux.wxs.ro/2009/04/22/change-gnome-lock-screen-background/

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=62226

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=70210

These are for a Gnome solution though.

Hope this helps.

by **exploder** on Mon Jun 01, 2009 7:24 am

Thanks for the reply but the default background is not there. You and I must have used the same key words for a search because I had the same results!

by **nandemonai** on Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:09 am

*bump*

Also looking for a solution to this. I've looked through the lock-dialogue-default.glade file in /usr/share/gnome-screensaver and a few other places to no avail.

by **nandemonai** on Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:41 am

Sussed it out.

/usr/share/backgrounds/Dew.jpg is the default image used in Gloria.

You can either replace that file with the another image of the same name or edit:

/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree.xml

Code: Select all: <entry name="picture_filename" mtime="1244020690" type="string"> <stringvalue>/usr/share/backgrounds/Dew.jpg</stringvalue> </entry>

by **exploder** on Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:45 pm

Thanks for the info, nandemonai! I appreciate you taking the time to answer this.

by **nandemonai** on Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:54 am

Subsequent updates of MintSystem revert the changes to /etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/%gconf-tree.xml as expected so a more permanent solution might be to simply replace the default image. Then again, another update may also replace the images in /usr/share/backgrounds though I'd wager it's less likely to occur (if at all) than a MintSystem update.

Just a quick FYI

edit: typo

by **dlkreations** on Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:53 am

This is a good post... I was just wondering this yesterday.

by **carl.cancer** on Fri Sep 07, 2012 8:52 am

I've been trying to correct this for a while, as I don't want to be looking at a corporate logo when I go to my computer (even linux mint, which I love).
If you're using LM 13 with MATE, go to /usr/share/backgrounds/linuxmint, and replace default_background.jpg with your own selection. Will have to gksu cp your_selection.jpg default_background.jpg. Solved it for me...

by **proxima_centauri** on Fri Sep 07, 2012 8:56 am

The thread you posted to is 3 years old and almost certainly no longer relevant. Please post a new thread if you have any comments or concerns, thanks.

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