<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Andrew Farris <<a href="mailto:flyindragon1@aol.com">flyindragon1@aol.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Firstly, Please don't double-post your questions...thanks! <div><div></div><div class="h5"> On Sat, 2010-02-06 at 07:29 +0900, Gryllida wrote: > Hello! > > <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=J4nJQfVknzg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=J4nJQfVknzg</a> > 6:57 > These are gloomy somber dark colors of the GUI (when logging in). > How to change them? </div></div>I thought the login theme had a warm, rich feel... however, if you want to change the look of the login screen, then do the following: Assuming you have Ubuntu 9.10: * log out of Ubuntu (go back to the login screen) * Hit ctrl+alt+F2 to go to a tty terminal and log in there * Type in the following, in this order: * export DISPLAY=:0.0 * sudo -u gdm gnome-control-center * hit ctrl+alt+F7 to go back to the login screen, but now the gnome-control-center app should be open and running in there. * From there, go to 'Appearance' and you can change the wallpaper to whatever you like. * When you're done, close the control center, ctrl+alt+F2 back to the terminal and log out, then ctrl+alt+F7 back into the login screen, and login as normal. Tada! If you want to apply a wallpaper that isnt in the default set, just log in like normal (as your user, through the gui) and copy the file to '/usr/share/backgrounds', then do the above steps (remember you need root permission to write to that folder). Easiest way (imho) is to get a root nautilus window (alt+F2 'gksudo nautilus "/usr/share/backgrounds"' <return>) then drag and drop. This will not get rid of the xsplash screen though (which uses the same wallpaper as the default ubuntu login theme). To get rid of that, you will need to either download a theme from <a href="http://gnome-look.org" target="_blank">gnome-look.org</a> (search for xsplash) or if you just want to change the wallpapers so they match, go to the '/usr/share/images/xsplash' folder and replace the bg_* picture with whatever one you want. (remember to rename it). My favorite xsplash theme is here: <a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/PackoXsplash%0A+HD?content=115120" target="_blank">http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/PackoXsplash +HD?content=115120</a> Hope that helps! -- Andrew _____________________________ Registered Linux User: 473690 Registered Ubuntu User: 22747 </blockquote><div> Hi Andrew. Thank you for your accurate reply. Do you know whether the colors are so dark in 8.4? Sincerely, Gryllida. </div></div>