Answered Change the Login Background with elementaryOS Freya 0.3

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  1. linuxuser

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    Hello community

    How can I change the Background image of the login screen? You know, with elementaryos 0.3 Freya, the Beta version does include a blue tile background.

    Or I did not found an system option for that?

    All the best
    Mike
     
    #1 linuxuser, Dec 6, 2014
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    Post #2 by Xray7, Dec 6, 2014
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    I guess there isn't really an option to change that so far. But, it is really simple.

    elementaryos_change_background_login_screen.jpg

    As you can see, it is a symbolic link from elementaryos-default to "Blueprint.jpg". Just remove the symlink and add another one.

    Code (Text):
    cd /usr/share/backgrounds
    sudo rm elementaryos-default
    sudo ln -s Temple.jpg elementaryos-default
    Where "Temple.jpg" can be every Wallpaper you see there, just edit them.

    Hope it helps.
     
    #2 Xray7, Dec 6, 2014
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    Hi Mike,
    does the answer from Xray answer your question successfully?
     
    #3 elysium, Mar 28, 2015
  4. linuxuser

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    I hope elementary will provide an explizit option for this in the future. So far, this workarround is ok, thx.
    mike
     
    #4 linuxuser, Mar 28, 2015
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    I agree. We should be able to switch the log in wallpaper to something more appealing.

    Also, we should be able to browse the file system as root. Which right now is difficult w/o workarounds.
     
    #5 Auksinis, May 26, 2015
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    The solution above from Xray7 worked for me, but your pic must be 2560x1600 JPEG.
     
    #6 jeffersfp, May 30, 2015
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    Random new find: you can use any image (I assume, mine was 1680x1050) as long as you make elementaryos-default and the image readable by everyone.

    I have rw - r - r (644)
     
    #7 heuristicAl, Jul 28, 2015
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    Apparently the location of the login screen wallpaper is /var/lib/lightdm-data/<username>/wallpaper/<image_name>.jpg
    You can just switch the image using cp or other command you like.

    I'm using Elementary OS Loki, btw.
     
    #8 mMachie, Oct 31, 2017

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