icedman / gdm-login-style

Customize GDM login

Customize the GDM login screen with your own background image.

Features

• Safely customize the GDM login screen. No need to extract, and recompile shell resources.

Install

To install the background and stylesheet:

make install

and to remove:

make uninstall

Background image

Edit or replace background.jpg. This will be copied to:

/usr/share/backgrounds/gdm-login-background.jpg

Customize

Edit stylesheet.css for a fully customized login screen.

.login-dialog {
    background-color: transparent;
}

#lockScreenGroup,
#lockDialogGroup {
  background: url(file:///usr/share/backgrounds/gdm-login-background.jpg);
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center;
}

Technical Information

The gdm login screen is run as user gdm. The extension will be installed and enabled at the gdm user profile. In some systems (like Arch linux), a dconf reset may be needed for user gdm.

sudo -u gdm dbus-launch dconf reset -f

Credit

https://github.com/PRATAP-KUMAR/gdm-extension/