How to set gtk-style and background in GDM3
This has something to do with Xauth.... Actually running
xhost +SI:localuser:gdm
as root (or as admin account) let gdm accept gsettings set
commands
Actually the solution for setting gtk-theme or background is
- as root (or admin account)
xhost +SI:localuser:gdm
- as root (or admin account)
sudo su gdm -s /bin/bash
- as gdm execute in sequence
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme GTK3_THEME
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface icon-theme ICON_THEME
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-theme CURSOR_THEME
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri 'file://FILE'
for example:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri 'file:////usr/share/backgrounds/JardinPolar_by_CarmenGloria_Gonzalez.jpg'
Another important thing to check is that gdm has rw permissions to its home folder, i.e. /var/lib/gdm
!!!IMPORTANT!!!
exit
to exit from being logged in as gdm
followed by
xhost -SI:localuser:gdm
as root or admin user after setting above parameters to deny access to gdm (otherwise it may create problems)
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Juan Sebastian Totero
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Juan Sebastian Totero over 1 year
I'm triyng to set a different GTk-theme and background for GDM3 (using ubuntu 11.04 and GNOME3 PPA).
As far As I have seen, the GTK-theme used by gdm is exactly the one stored into Gsettings > org.gnome.desktop
So, exactly as I do as another user, I tried executing
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme Adwaita
from a shell with gdm logged user.
The problem is that it does not change the value of the key into gsettings.
How do I get that gdm can change gsettings keys' values?
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neydroydrec about 12 years@JuanSebastianTotero: step 3, first line, returns:
** (process:12478): WARNING **: GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._g_2dfile_2derror_2dquark.Code2: Failed to create file '/var/lib/gdm/.config/dconf/user.GEI68V': Permission denied