# Possible to change login background?

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/possible-to-change-login-background/1528>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [February 1, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/possible-to-change-login-background/1528 "2019-02-01T23:29:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![drohm](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/drohm/32/10_2.png) [@drohm](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/drohm)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/possible-to-change-login-background/1528/1 "2019-02-01T23:29:32Z")

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Is it possible to change the background for the login screen (not the lock screen)? If so, where/how do I do that? Thanks.

Doug

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/possible-to-change-login-background/1528/2 "2019-02-01T23:31:29Z")

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From the Menu - Login Window ![Login%20Window_113](https://cdck-file-uploads-canada1.s3.dualstack.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/1X/d9af01c46b13b058c03cd6e0e8052f7a82d81555.png)

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**Author:** ![drohm](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/drohm/32/10_2.png) [@drohm](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/drohm)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/possible-to-change-login-background/1528/3 "2019-02-01T23:34:28Z")

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Got it, thanks again.

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**Author:** ![puffettacicciottella](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/puffettacicciottella/32/4525_2.png) [@puffettacicciottella](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/puffettacicciottella)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/possible-to-change-login-background/1528/4 "2019-02-08T14:19:01Z")

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Hi,

this is not a reply but a question on same topic: don’t know why (i promise i won’t work evermore on my pc after midnight: if you only know what I’ve done las week … 😢) but on three users I have in it, just on mine, login screen has become black.

Looking into Menu, Login Window, nothing is changed, is exactly the same as is for other users; same thing if I check via dconf-editor or dconf in terminal. I’m pretty sure that’s matter of some rotten file in my home because if I log in as other user, rename my home dir, delete my user and re-create it, as soon as I’m on login screen I see the correct wallpaper as other users. But logging in as other user and renaming new home dir to something else and old home dir back to username-home, at login I find again a black screen.

Oh, it isn’t so crucial, I prefer a black login screen than copying .ssh, .gnupg, .config/this\_and\_that, .local/this\_and\_that in to new user but … any idea?

Thanks,  
Sil

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/possible-to-change-login-background/1528/5 "2019-02-08T14:26:40Z")

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Encrypted home folder? That’s the only time I’ve seen that happen when you try to set a wallpaper that is not in a folder that slick-greeter can see.

I presume wallpapers are fairly standard .jpg images? Nothing strange like a tiff file?

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**Author:** ![puffettacicciottella](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/puffettacicciottella/32/4525_2.png) [@puffettacicciottella](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/puffettacicciottella)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/possible-to-change-login-background/1528/6 "2019-02-08T16:06:47Z")

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No. I prefer to keep directories not encrypted and it seems that it isn’t a wallpaper (at least not known one). Notice that in Menu - Login Window background colour is set to black (as for every other user) and that changing background is useless; it seems as if OS can’t load wallpaper. That’s why I was referring to a rotten config file in my home, but … who knows what it is?

I think that I’ll keep the black login window: better a black login window than wasting a couple of hours copying config files from a backup to a new user home!

Add-on: I’ve right now done a grep -i -r for “Xplo\_by” in /home/myUser and found only 4 binaries in .local: .local/share/zeitgeist/activity.sqlite, .local/share/zeitgeist/fts.index/position.glass, .local/share/zeitgeist/fts.index/postlist.glass, and .local/share/zeitgeist/activity.sqlite-wal but obviously editing them wit vi has been useless.

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**Author:** ![pappl](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/pappl/32/903_2.png) [@pappl](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/pappl)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 9:43am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/possible-to-change-login-background/1528/7 "2019-02-09T09:43:51Z")

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> [@fossfreedom](#):
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> From the Menu - Login Window
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> …

I searched for the setting here, expected it to be in _Budgie Desktop Settings_ or _Settings_.🤔  
It may be easier to integrate “_Login Window_” to _Settings Menu_ to have all settings in one place.  
🤓

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 10:13am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/possible-to-change-login-background/1528/8 "2019-02-09T10:13:11Z")

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Integration will have to wait until a future version of budgie desktop that could allow extensions.

For now this will remain a standalone app

If you cannot find Login Window in your menu then check that you have the package lightdm-settings installed

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**Author:** ![xtoph](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/xtoph/32/4997_2.png) [@xtoph](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/xtoph)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/possible-to-change-login-background/1528/9 "2025-01-04T12:50:42Z")

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I also experienced the black screen after selecting a jpg that I copied to the /usr/share/backgrounds/ folder. The preview shows correctly in the settings.