I’m trying Unbuntu for the first time. I started with Ubuntu Budgie but decided to try to XFCE and KDE Desktops as well so I installed each and ran sessions of both of them. I decided on Budgie. I uninstalled both XFCE and KDE. After doing so, my login screen does not display the background I have chosen for the Budgie Login Screen. My background comes up black with the login dialog displayed so I can still login. It’s purely a cosmetic issue, but I’d like my new installation to be perfect. I tried reinstalling Budgie from Synaptic Package Manager and from the terminal as well, but that didn’t resolve the issue. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
I too had this issue, but only once I swapped out the default image. I never trouble shot it as I actually ended up liking it. How did your set the image?
Can you paste a photo of your logon screen. Just need to confirm if you are still using Ubuntu Budgie slick greeter or another greeter from kde or xubuntu
I managed to resolve this issue myself. I went back through my installed software on the Software Center and Synaptic Package Manager and removed any package that indicated it was associated with KDE or XFCE. After doing that, the next time I booted up my background was restored. Since I removed numerous packages, I’m not sure which one did the trick. All I know, is the problem has been resolved. Thanks for the replies.
I search the software center for KDE and XFCE and the only thing that comes up that I have installed is LibreOffice, and that only comes up because KDE Integration is listed in the description (which I DO NOT have installed). Still, I only have a black background, and I can’t change it to anything else.
Did you check your settings in « login screen » utility ? ( app’ menu, administration category )
Settings made there ( stored in a conf file ) will override default ones ( stored in dconf ).
Yes, that’s where I tried changing the background.
Maybe rights are not correct on the picture file you try to use as a background.
Login screen is managed by user « root ». So the picture file should be « readable » by anyone ( something like rwxr-xr-x or 755 ). Also that file should be in a folder « root » have access to.
ls -l /path_to_folder/where_is_your/background_picture
The one I had changed it to is 644. I’ve tried reverting to one of the standard backgrounds, and that isn’t working either.
Please can you double check that all the UB theme and configuration packages are installed correctly?
sudo apt install --reinstall ubuntu-budgie-desktop budgie-desktop-environment budgie-desktop-common ubuntu-budgie-themes slick-greeter budgie-lightdm-themeDone; the background is still black.
This amounts to an annoyance more than anything. I’m grateful for trying to get this figured out; don’t get me wrong, I would like to get it figured out. However, it’s not causing any other issues, so if nothing works, it is livable.
Have you got a file /etc/lightdm/slick-greeter.conf ? if so what is its contents?
[Greeter]
background=/usr/share/backgrounds/Xplo_by_Hugo_Cliff.png
draw-user-backgrounds=truehmm - what is the output of the following?
gsettings list-recursively x.dm.slick-greeterx.dm.slick-greeter group-filter @as []
x.dm.slick-greeter hidden-users @as []
x.dm.slick-greeter xft-dpi 96.0
x.dm.slick-greeter show-quit true
x.dm.slick-greeter show-hostname true
x.dm.slick-greeter play-ready-sound ''
x.dm.slick-greeter enable-hidpi 'auto'
x.dm.slick-greeter theme-name 'Pocillo-dark'
x.dm.slick-greeter other-monitors-logo ''
x.dm.slick-greeter font-name 'Ubuntu 11'
x.dm.slick-greeter activate-numlock false
x.dm.slick-greeter xft-hintstyle 'hintslight'
x.dm.slick-greeter background '/usr/share/backgrounds/Xplo_by_Hugo_Cliff.png'
x.dm.slick-greeter draw-user-backgrounds true
x.dm.slick-greeter icon-theme-name 'gnome'
x.dm.slick-greeter logo ''
x.dm.slick-greeter show-power true
x.dm.slick-greeter draw-grid false
x.dm.slick-greeter screen-reader false
x.dm.slick-greeter show-a11y true
x.dm.slick-greeter show-clock true
x.dm.slick-greeter onscreen-keyboard false
x.dm.slick-greeter show-keyboard true
x.dm.slick-greeter xft-rgba 'rgb'
x.dm.slick-greeter background-color '#000000'
x.dm.slick-greeter high-contrast false
x.dm.slick-greeter xft-antialias trueMmm interesting.
Your login screen is set to display the same background as selected user, it means the user’s desktop background. What is that file and is it accessible to root for lightdm to display it ? Is your personal folder encrypted ?
Reminds me of [Request] A default way for changing wallpaper every few minutes
background=/usr/share/backgrounds/Xplo_by_Hugo_Cliff.png
↑ this, is a default setting as stored in dconf keys, but overiden by /etc/lightdm/slick-greeter.conf
Mine for exemple contains :
[Greeter]
draw-grid=true
draw-user-backgrounds=true
background=
show-a11y=false
show-power=false
theme-name=Adapta
icon-theme-name=Papirus-Dark
activate-numlock=true
Whilst dconf settings regarding x.dm.slick-greeter are different :
coeur-noir@asgard:~$ gsettings list-recursively x.dm.slick-greeter
x.dm.slick-greeter group-filter @as []
x.dm.slick-greeter hidden-users @as []
x.dm.slick-greeter xft-dpi 96.0
x.dm.slick-greeter show-quit true
x.dm.slick-greeter show-hostname true
x.dm.slick-greeter play-ready-sound ''
x.dm.slick-greeter enable-hidpi 'auto'
x.dm.slick-greeter theme-name 'Pocillo-dark'
x.dm.slick-greeter other-monitors-logo ''
x.dm.slick-greeter font-name 'Ubuntu 11'
x.dm.slick-greeter activate-numlock true
x.dm.slick-greeter xft-hintstyle 'hintslight'
x.dm.slick-greeter background '/usr/share/backgrounds/Xplo_by_Hugo_Cliff.png'
x.dm.slick-greeter draw-user-backgrounds true
x.dm.slick-greeter icon-theme-name 'gnome'
x.dm.slick-greeter logo ''
x.dm.slick-greeter show-power true
x.dm.slick-greeter draw-grid false
x.dm.slick-greeter screen-reader false
x.dm.slick-greeter show-a11y true
x.dm.slick-greeter show-clock true
x.dm.slick-greeter onscreen-keyboard false
x.dm.slick-greeter show-keyboard true
x.dm.slick-greeter xft-rgba 'rgb'
x.dm.slick-greeter background-color '#000000'
x.dm.slick-greeter high-contrast false
x.dm.slick-greeter xft-antialias true
coeur-noir@asgard:~$
( here I had manually changed values in dconf for draw-user-backgrounds, activate-numlock )
So you should check what’s in your /etc/lightdm/slick-greeter.conf as this is the file written by the login screen utility which overrides default lightdm conf.
Okay, this is interesting.
I changed my desktop background by “right clicking” on the desktop, then I drug the picture I wanted to use from a directory to the pictures tab of the Settings window. When I look for the file in the Pictures directory, it isn’t there, but I do still have the file in the original directory. Now, I just copied that file to the Pictures directory, and there are two copies listed under the pictures tab of the Settings window. How do I clear the tab of the non-existing file?
Draw user backgrounds was enabled in the Login Window app; has been since I first opened it. I’ve disabled it there, but gsettings still lists it as enabled.
I posted the contents of /etc/lightdm/slick-greet.conf above. It has all of three lines in it. draw-user-backgrounds has been changed to false there.
Since that change, the Xplo file displays.
I’ve changed the background to one in ~/Pictures, and it displays. If I change the background to a file in another directory with the same permissions as one in ~/Pictures, it won’t display.
How Gnome came to such a mess for setting desktop or login-screen background picture is a mystery to me…
Gnome expects you to use « settings » then « background » for that AND eventually only pictures at the root of folder ~/Pictures. Nowhere else.
When you go through right-click on desktop → change background → you browse to a folder where to find the picture_of_your_choice.jpg → this makes there a duplicate of it named picture_of_your_choice (copy).jpg → then uses that copy as background.
Still following ?
If you delete the …(copy) file you end up with no background. I guess you can delete the original one.
Okay, I think I follow, but I’m not finding any files anywhere with (copy) in the name.
When I drag and drop a file from Nautilus to the Gnome settings window (specifically, background images), where is that file copied to? I tried searching for the original file name in Nautilus, and I’m only finding the original location.