<div>On 10/25/07, Cybe R. Wizard <<a href="mailto:cybe_r_wizard@earthlink.net">cybe_r_wizard@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> "Edgars Šmits" <<a href="mailto:ed.smits@gmail.com">ed.smits@gmail.com</a>> said: > Thanks for the replies, but that isn't the solution, I have already > set the local login colour to black. This is a Gnome issue, the brown > shows up once X kicks in, as your desktop gets loaded. Your own > desktop colour choice ios the last thing to get loaded, before that > it's light brown. > > Any other ideas? > Install Kubuntu-desktop or Xubuntu-desktop. The color will change to blue even if you don't use either. HTH</blockquote><div> Hm. That would imply that there is a file or setting somewhere that controls this. That one could replace the file or alter the setting without having to install an alternative desktop. This ( <a href="http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty#How_to_change_the_USplash_Screen_when_you_boot_or_shutdown_the_computer">http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty#How_to_change_the_USplash_Screen_when_you_boot_or_shutdown_the_computer </a>) section of the Ubuntu:Feisty wiki talks about configuring the usplash, but it only goes so far as to allow you to pick which splash from those installed to use. mark </div></div> -- I don't believe I understand all I know about this. Release 7.10 (gutsy), Kernel Linux 2.6.22-14-generic, GNOME 2.20.0 Memory 2.2 GB, Processor 0 & 1: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.4 GHz, Graphics: ATI Radeon X300