How would I install a GDM theme?

ace_w1zard · 2011-04-23 08:22:37

Hey guys, Newbie question here, how would i install a GDM login theme? such as this one...
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/ … ent=116213

I Looked into the Arch wiki, and tried googling it and installing this software from the AUR called gdm2setup, but no help!
Please help, i wish to have a cool login screen

Varg · 2011-04-23 08:33:43

I'm not very familiar with gnome but this might help:
http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showth … p?t=113539

wonder · 2011-04-23 08:58:37

from what is see in the pictures, that is the theme for the old gdm. you can't really use that with new gdm

ace_w1zard · 2011-04-23 09:04:49

Varg wrote:

I'm not very familiar with gnome but this might help:
http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showth … p?t=113539

thanks for the link, but i think that is for fedora only, for i do not have a themes folder in my gdm folder as it states

ace_w1zard · 2011-04-23 09:05:37

wonder wrote:

from what is see in the pictures, that is the theme for the old gdm. you can't really use that with new gdm

ohh i cant darn? would you happen to know though how i can install gdm themes on arch, i have been looking but with little avail

Last edited by ace_w1zard (2011-04-23 09:06:12)

wonder · 2011-04-23 09:15:48

themes are NOT supported in gdm. gdm uses the exact themes for gtk/icon and wallpaper. is a matter of configuring the gdm user to use the themes.

depending of what version do you have, look at wiki gnome 2.30 changes or gnome 3

jakerules · 2011-04-23 18:29:54

I'm also having a few problems changing my GDM wallpaper.

I've tried a few methods such as replacing it and using gdm2setup, but the replacement failed and gdm2setup does nothing at all when I click apply (for the wallpapers that is, everything else will apply)

ace_w1zard · 2011-04-23 21:42:04

wonder wrote:

themes are NOT supported in gdm. gdm uses the exact themes for gtk/icon and wallpaper. is a matter of configuring the gdm user to use the themes.
depending of what version do you have, look at wiki gnome 2.30 changes or gnome 3

OK, I looked up and read the article in which you suggested ( https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNOME_2.30_Changes ), and did not find anything dealing with install a GDM login theme... I mean I am starting to think it is impossible to install a Gnome GDM theme, I tried everything...

ace_w1zard · 2011-04-23 21:43:17

jakerules wrote:

I'm also having a few problems changing my GDM wallpaper.
I've tried a few methods such as replacing it and using gdm2setup, but the replacement failed and gdm2setup does nothing at all when I click apply (for the wallpapers that is, everything else will apply)

Having same problems as well...

Wey · 2011-04-23 22:43:37

Did you follow these step here?

Other then that, i also found the customization of gdm to be annoying, and therefore switched to slim, witch is easily themeable.

jeff story · 2011-04-24 01:31:17

I use a similar log in theme, Arch Linux Simply Black.

http://www.jeffstory.org/wordpress/?p=374

I use gdm-old and archlinux-themes-gdm from the AUR.
These make it easy to change via GUI, login window preferences, local tab.

Check out the links.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=96015

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GDM#GDM_legacy

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=33111
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31165

Last edited by jeff story (2011-04-25 09:09:17)

jakerules · 2011-04-24 03:12:16

Ended up taking the downgrade path Jeff suggested and it's working out well. Thanks Jeff.

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