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shugg

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How to change the Login background in Excalibur ?

Hello !

I've been using Devuan Excalibur since a short time and I appreciate it. However, I would like to change the blue Login background that is too flashy for my eyes (I prefer darker and softer themes), but I don't know how to do it. Does anybody know how change this background ?

Thank you in advance for your help !

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rbit

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Re: How to change the Login background in Excalibur ?

If you're talking about the default installation of xfce with slim, the default login background seems to be a combination of /usr/share/slim/themes/desktop-slim-theme/panel.png, /usr/share/slim/themes/desktop-slim-theme/background.png, and the settings "background_style" and "background_color" contained in /usr/share/slim/themes/desktop-slim-theme/slim.theme.  Modifying these files should change the login background.
Or, if you'd like to try out a different theme, edit /etc/slim.conf and change the "current_theme" setting (use directory names under /usr/share/slim/themes/ for a list of theme names)

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shugg

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Re: How to change the Login background in Excalibur ?

@rbit : Thanks for the answer but I don't know how to modify the files (Devuan and  Gnu-Linux are new things for me).

And when I try to edit /etc/slim.conf, I can't save because the file is in "read-only mode".

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golinux

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Re: How to change the Login background in Excalibur ?

You have to log in as root to make that change.

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shugg

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Re: How to change the Login background in Excalibur ?

@golinux : Okay thanks, but I don't know which commands to do in the terminal after I'm logged in root

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brocashelm

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Re: How to change the Login background in Excalibur ?

Are you logged in as root in a graphical session (not recommended) or using something like Sudo in a terminal window (recommended)? For the latter, just refer to Rbit's post on locating specific configuration files and append a command such as Nano or Vim to them.

For example, typing in sudo nano /etc/slim.conf will escalate user privileges by allowing you to directly modify the respective file. Make your changes, and then save with Ctrl+O. If you want to try a different preinstalled theme, you can then use cd /usr/share/slim/themes/ and type ls within that directory to view the available themes to choose from for the configuration file.

shugg

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Re: How to change the Login background in Excalibur ?

@brocashelm : Thanks a lot ! I did the sudo nano /etc/slim.conf command, changed the theme, saved and it works ! I'm happy

Then if I chose a personal image instead of a preinstalled theme as background, what command should I do ?

I know there's a way to do it with LightDM but I don't want to install it.

Last edited by shugg (Today 08:14:16)

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