Tim wrote: You say that like editing the conf file isn't the best way to configure a daemon. ;) The brute force method for changing the background is not needed. As I posted here the other day[1]: su -c 'gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/var/lib/gdm/.gconf -s --type string /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename /path/to/background.jpg' gdm [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2008-June/msg00323.html -- Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Silly monkeys, give them thumbs they make a club and beat their brother down.

Tim wrote: Yeah. I was only pointing out that the method for changing the background detailed on the hacktux.com site probably isn't the best way to do that. For one, that method changes the default background for all users, not just for gdm. A gui tool will come eventually. But it's not really that hard to tweak things by editing files. Even when gdmsetup was around, I preferred to edit the config file directly. I guess I'm weird. ;) For more details on what can be changed and where to change it, see: http://live.gnome.org/GDM/2.22/Configuration (I'm not sure if that was posted in any of the recent threads or not.) I haven't noticed it being much slower for me. But I also don't spend much time at the login screen. If I see it more than once a week, it's only if I'm trying to configure it. -- Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Problems are opportunity in work clothes.