Howto to change gnome - bootsplash

[Seth Hasani]

<quote who="Rainer Gutkas" on Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 03:49:34PM EDT>

> Hi All!
> 
> In the time of a new release this question may seem a bit silly, but I 
> want to know how I can change the Gnome-Bootsplash
> I downloaded the sleek dragong from gnome-look.org. But when I try to 
> "install" it using Splash Screen control panel this just crashes. Any 
> suggestions?
> 

Just use gconftool:
$ gconftool-2 -s -t string /apps/gnome-session/options/splash_image /PATH/TO/splash-dragon.png

Or from the Gnome menu go to System Tools -> Configuration Editor 
then: apps -> gnome-session -> options

Seth