I am not able to change the background at my login screen. tried the gnome extension way. Not working even after i already change it there, the background is still the default one. Used ubuntu tweak tool also, same result. Not able to change the login screen background
Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS
Gnome version 3.36.8
Thanks
Best Answer
There is no simple way to change the background on your login screen in Ubuntu 20.04. The people who make Gnome are pretty insistent about this¹, it seems. If you really want to modify it, though, you'll need to build a modified
focalgdm3.gresource.xml
file and force the change through.And this is how you do it:
git
andlibglib2.0-dev
packages installed:focalgdm3
directory:root
, understanding that you're running code from a GitHub repo with full permissions. You have two options:~
.#FFFF00
as it's bright yellow..xml
file.If at any time you would like to return Ubuntu to the stock background, you can reset the login screen like this:
¹ See "The Options Question" down near the bottom of the blog post if you're interested