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LinuxFTW

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Registered: 2012-03-17

Posts: 30

GDM/LightDM black background

IDK, I have this werid issue where there is no background on gdm or lightdm. I tried to configure GDM wallpaper with GDM3setup and it changed the wallpaper but the wallpaper would always load for a split second then black screen would replace it. I decided to switch to lightdm with gtk3 greeter and set it up and tested it through terminal to make sure the wallpaper was working but when I logged out it ignored the wallpaper and again, I have a black screen. Anyone have any ideas what could cause this?

hadrons123

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From: chennai

Registered: 2011-10-07

Posts: 1,249

Re: GDM/LightDM black background

Where is your wallpaper located?
I would suggest moving it home folder.

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Padfoot

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Registered: 2010-09-03

Posts: 381

Re: GDM/LightDM black background

Also, are you using lightdm and the greeter from community (v 1.4) or from aur (v 1.5.1)? The version in community has a bug where backgrounds without an alpha channel are not displaying. Upstream have fixed this bug in 1.5.1 (it is not being backported to 1.4).
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This could be your problem. The solution is either modify the image in gimp to add an alpha channel or try lightdm/greeter from aur.

As for GDM, i can't help you there

LinuxFTW

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Registered: 2012-03-17

Posts: 30

Re: GDM/LightDM black background

Where is your wallpaper located?
I would suggest moving it home folder.

~/Pictures/Wallpaper

Also, are you using lightdm and the greeter from community (v 1.4) or from aur (v 1.5.1)? The version in community has a bug where backgrounds without an alpha channel are not displaying. Upstream have fixed this bug in 1.5.1 (it is not being backported to 1.4).
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This could be your problem. The solution is either modify the image in gimp to add an alpha channel or try lightdm/greeter from aur.

As for GDM, i can't help you there

I'm using lightdm-bz from aur.

Last edited by LinuxFTW (2013-04-04 18:36:16)