# The login screen appears gray (Budgie 26.04)

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/the-login-screen-appears-gray-budgie-26-04/8792>\
**Category:** Budgie Desktop\
**Created:** [July 20, 2026, 1:20am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/the-login-screen-appears-gray-budgie-26-04/8792 "2026-07-20T01:20:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Tianyazi](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/tianyazi/32/4996_2.png) [@Tianyazi](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Tianyazi)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 1:20am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/the-login-screen-appears-gray-budgie-26-04/8792/1 "2026-07-20T01:20:09Z")

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The login screen appears gray (Budgie 26.04); it was working fine before. I’m not sure which software I uninstalled caused this issue. After entering my password, the desktop displays normal colors.

```auto
ubuntu@master:/etc/sddm.conf.d$ cat 50-ubuntu-budgie.conf 
[Theme]
Current=ubuntu-budgie-login
ThemeDir=/usr/share/sddm/themes
CursorTheme=Breeze_Light
CursorSize=24

[General]
InputMethod=qtvirtualkeyboard
GreeterEnvironment=QML2_IMPORT_PATH=/usr/share/sddm/themes/ubuntu-budgie-login/components/,QT_IM_MODULE=qtvirtualkeyboard

[X11]
DisplayCommand=/usr/libexec/budgie-sddm-display-setup
ubuntu@master:/etc/sddm.conf.d$ 
ubuntu@master:/etc/sddm.conf.d$ ls -lhtra ls /usr/share/sddm/themes/ubuntu-budgie-login/
ls: cannot access 'ls': No such file or directory
ls: cannot access '/usr/share/sddm/themes/ubuntu-budgie-login/': No such file or directory
ubuntu@master:/etc/sddm.conf.d$ 

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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:** [July 20, 2026, 3:04am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/the-login-screen-appears-gray-budgie-26-04/8792/2 "2026-07-20T03:04:45Z")

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Is the package budgie-sddm-theme installed?

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**Author:** ![Tianyazi](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/tianyazi/32/4996_2.png) [@Tianyazi](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Tianyazi)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 3:13am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/the-login-screen-appears-gray-budgie-26-04/8792/3 "2026-07-20T03:13:33Z")

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> [@fossfreedom](#):
>
> budgie-sddm-theme

After reinstalling, it will display properly. You’re amazing!

```auto
ubuntu@master:/etc/sddm.conf.d$ dpkg -l budgie-sddm-theme
┌── Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
│┌─ Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
││┌ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
│││ Name Version Architecture Description
├┼┼─═════════════════─════════════─════════════─══════════════════════════════════════
rc budgie-sddm-theme 0.22.11 all Ubuntu Budgie themed SDDM login screen
ubuntu@master:/etc/sddm.conf.d$ 
ubuntu@master:/etc/sddm.conf.d$ sudo apt install budgie-sddm-theme
[sudo: authenticate] Password:            
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-extra libmpeg2encpp-2.2-0 libsrtp2-1

```