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I installed Ubuntu Studio 15.10 and upon that:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

Now on the login screen, I have the default brownish Ubuntu default background.

• 
  

  I tried this as root:

  
  
  

  sudo xhost +SI:localuser:lightdm
  sudo su lightdm -s /bin/bash
  gsettings set com.canonical.unity-greeter background /usr/share/backgrounds/Tranquil_by_Pat_David.jpg
  

  
  
  

  But this didn't change anything.

  
  



• Also starting the unity-control-center as user lightdm and changing the background there had no effect.




• I also checked the rights of /usr/share/backgrounds/Tranquil_by_Pat_David.jpg which are globally readable.

lightdm background

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  This is a Duplicate
  
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  Nov 5 '15 at 10:45
  

  
  
  
  


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  It is not a duplicate, I tried everything in that question
  
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  Nov 5 '15 at 11:01
  

  
  
  
  


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  Maybe a bit duplicate indeed, cause the answer was in one of the low voted answers: askubuntu.com/a/360008/34298
  
  – rubo77
  Nov 5 '15 at 11:08
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I've updated my answer, please refer
  
  – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
  Nov 18 '15 at 4:41
  

  
  
  
  

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5

I installed Ubuntu Studio 15.10 and upon that:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

Now on the login screen, I have the default brownish Ubuntu default background.

• 
  

  I tried this as root:

  
  
  

  sudo xhost +SI:localuser:lightdm
  sudo su lightdm -s /bin/bash
  gsettings set com.canonical.unity-greeter background /usr/share/backgrounds/Tranquil_by_Pat_David.jpg
  

  
  
  

  But this didn't change anything.

  
  



• Also starting the unity-control-center as user lightdm and changing the background there had no effect.




• I also checked the rights of /usr/share/backgrounds/Tranquil_by_Pat_David.jpg which are globally readable.

lightdm background

share|improve this question

edited Nov 5 '15 at 10:49

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asked Nov 5 '15 at 8:49

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  This is a Duplicate
  
  – T04435
  Nov 5 '15 at 10:45
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  It is not a duplicate, I tried everything in that question
  
  – rubo77
  Nov 5 '15 at 11:01
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Maybe a bit duplicate indeed, cause the answer was in one of the low voted answers: askubuntu.com/a/360008/34298
  
  – rubo77
  Nov 5 '15 at 11:08
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I've updated my answer, please refer
  
  – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
  Nov 18 '15 at 4:41
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
 | 

I installed Ubuntu Studio 15.10 and upon that:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

Now on the login screen, I have the default brownish Ubuntu default background.

• 
  

  I tried this as root:

  
  
  

  sudo xhost +SI:localuser:lightdm
  sudo su lightdm -s /bin/bash
  gsettings set com.canonical.unity-greeter background /usr/share/backgrounds/Tranquil_by_Pat_David.jpg
  

  
  
  

  But this didn't change anything.

  
  



• Also starting the unity-control-center as user lightdm and changing the background there had no effect.




• I also checked the rights of /usr/share/backgrounds/Tranquil_by_Pat_David.jpg which are globally readable.

lightdm background

share|improve this question

edited Nov 5 '15 at 10:49

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sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

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The proper way of changing default unity-greeter background is through overriding glib-2.0 schema, as specified in the Lightdm Ubuntu Wiki

The steps are as follows:

1. 
   

   Create /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/10_unity_greeter_background.gschema.override file with the following contents:

   
   
   

   [com.canonical.unity-greeter]
   draw-user-backgrounds=false
   background='/foo/wallpaper.png'
   

   
   



2. Run sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas




3. Reboot or login to TTY2 (accessed by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F2 ) and run sudo service lightdm restart

This has been tested on my Ubuntu 14.04

Update: November 17 2015

I have put together a script that simplifies the process of changing the greeter background. It has been tested in its final form on two versions of Ubuntu, 14.04 LTS (actual physical machine ) and 15.10 (Virtual Machine )
It can be found in my GitHub

share|improve this answer

edited Jan 29 '16 at 14:10

answered Nov 5 '15 at 16:19

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks for your script! It, however, produces this error when running.
  
  – orschiro
  Oct 6 '16 at 6:21
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @orschiro you have to call script with path to file. For example, sudo ./chgreeterbg.sh /home/user/Picture s/wallpaper1.png
  
  – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
  Oct 6 '16 at 6:31
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  That works, thanks! Maybe you want to add this to your answer?
  
  – orschiro
  Oct 6 '16 at 7:10
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  After running your script and rebooting, my font settings have changed. Do you know how I can restore them?
  
  – orschiro
  Oct 6 '16 at 7:20
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  This also works for Ubuntu 16.04. Be careful about typos - I had a typo in the schema name within the .gschema.override file, which is the part between the brackets [ ], and as a result it was not properly loading. Once I fixed that I had the correct background.
  
  – jropella
  May 9 '17 at 8:49
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
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It seems like all the gsettings have no effect in Ubuntu 15.10, (maybe because I installed Ubuntu Studio with xfce4 first).

I solved it by adding this line to /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf:

background=/usr/share/backgrounds/Tranquil_by_Pat_David.jpg

or in one sudo command:

sudo su -c 'echo "background=/usr/share/backgrounds/Tranquil_by_Pat_David.jpg">>/etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf'

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The non coder way is to use Ubuntu Tweak. Still available per the method listed in this answer.

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answered Nov 8 '16 at 20:09

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Shotwell

For just the basic wallpaper changing feature, you don’t need to install any software, just shotwell.

Just launch the pre-installed Shotwell photo manager, choose the pictures you need (you may need to import them first), then go to Files -> Set as Desktop Slideshow. Click "on lockscreen".

Finally set the time interval in next dialog as desired and done!

source: http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2018/07/4-wallpaper-changer-ubuntu-18-04/

Note: This does not work for the login screen any more in Ubuntu 19.04, but still for the dektop background.

share|improve this answer

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The proper way of changing default unity-greeter background is through overriding glib-2.0 schema, as specified in the Lightdm Ubuntu Wiki

The steps are as follows:

1. 
   

   Create /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/10_unity_greeter_background.gschema.override file with the following contents:

   
   
   

   [com.canonical.unity-greeter]
   draw-user-backgrounds=false
   background='/foo/wallpaper.png'
   

   
   



2. Run sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas




3. Reboot or login to TTY2 (accessed by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F2 ) and run sudo service lightdm restart

This has been tested on my Ubuntu 14.04

Update: November 17 2015

I have put together a script that simplifies the process of changing the greeter background. It has been tested in its final form on two versions of Ubuntu, 14.04 LTS (actual physical machine ) and 15.10 (Virtual Machine )
It can be found in my GitHub

share|improve this answer

edited Jan 29 '16 at 14:10

answered Nov 5 '15 at 16:19

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks for your script! It, however, produces this error when running.
  
  – orschiro
  Oct 6 '16 at 6:21
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @orschiro you have to call script with path to file. For example, sudo ./chgreeterbg.sh /home/user/Picture s/wallpaper1.png
  
  – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
  Oct 6 '16 at 6:31
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  That works, thanks! Maybe you want to add this to your answer?
  
  – orschiro
  Oct 6 '16 at 7:10
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  After running your script and rebooting, my font settings have changed. Do you know how I can restore them?
  
  – orschiro
  Oct 6 '16 at 7:20
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  This also works for Ubuntu 16.04. Be careful about typos - I had a typo in the schema name within the .gschema.override file, which is the part between the brackets [ ], and as a result it was not properly loading. Once I fixed that I had the correct background.
  
  – jropella
  May 9 '17 at 8:49
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 4 more comments

21

The proper way of changing default unity-greeter background is through overriding glib-2.0 schema, as specified in the Lightdm Ubuntu Wiki

The steps are as follows:

1. 
   

   Create /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/10_unity_greeter_background.gschema.override file with the following contents:

   
   
   

   [com.canonical.unity-greeter]
   draw-user-backgrounds=false
   background='/foo/wallpaper.png'
   

   
   



2. Run sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas




3. Reboot or login to TTY2 (accessed by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F2 ) and run sudo service lightdm restart

This has been tested on my Ubuntu 14.04

Update: November 17 2015

I have put together a script that simplifies the process of changing the greeter background. It has been tested in its final form on two versions of Ubuntu, 14.04 LTS (actual physical machine ) and 15.10 (Virtual Machine )
It can be found in my GitHub

share|improve this answer

edited Jan 29 '16 at 14:10

answered Nov 5 '15 at 16:19

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks for your script! It, however, produces this error when running.
  
  – orschiro
  Oct 6 '16 at 6:21
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @orschiro you have to call script with path to file. For example, sudo ./chgreeterbg.sh /home/user/Picture s/wallpaper1.png
  
  – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
  Oct 6 '16 at 6:31
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  That works, thanks! Maybe you want to add this to your answer?
  
  – orschiro
  Oct 6 '16 at 7:10
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  After running your script and rebooting, my font settings have changed. Do you know how I can restore them?
  
  – orschiro
  Oct 6 '16 at 7:20
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  This also works for Ubuntu 16.04. Be careful about typos - I had a typo in the schema name within the .gschema.override file, which is the part between the brackets [ ], and as a result it was not properly loading. Once I fixed that I had the correct background.
  
  – jropella
  May 9 '17 at 8:49
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 4 more comments

The proper way of changing default unity-greeter background is through overriding glib-2.0 schema, as specified in the Lightdm Ubuntu Wiki

The steps are as follows:

1. 
   

   Create /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/10_unity_greeter_background.gschema.override file with the following contents:

   
   
   

   [com.canonical.unity-greeter]
   draw-user-backgrounds=false
   background='/foo/wallpaper.png'
   

   
   



2. Run sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas




3. Reboot or login to TTY2 (accessed by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F2 ) and run sudo service lightdm restart

This has been tested on my Ubuntu 14.04

Update: November 17 2015

I have put together a script that simplifies the process of changing the greeter background. It has been tested in its final form on two versions of Ubuntu, 14.04 LTS (actual physical machine ) and 15.10 (Virtual Machine )
It can be found in my GitHub

share|improve this answer

edited Jan 29 '16 at 14:10

answered Nov 5 '15 at 16:19

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3

It seems like all the gsettings have no effect in Ubuntu 15.10, (maybe because I installed Ubuntu Studio with xfce4 first).

I solved it by adding this line to /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf:

background=/usr/share/backgrounds/Tranquil_by_Pat_David.jpg

or in one sudo command:

sudo su -c 'echo "background=/usr/share/backgrounds/Tranquil_by_Pat_David.jpg">>/etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf'

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answered Nov 5 '15 at 11:06

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3

It seems like all the gsettings have no effect in Ubuntu 15.10, (maybe because I installed Ubuntu Studio with xfce4 first).

I solved it by adding this line to /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf:

background=/usr/share/backgrounds/Tranquil_by_Pat_David.jpg

or in one sudo command:

sudo su -c 'echo "background=/usr/share/backgrounds/Tranquil_by_Pat_David.jpg">>/etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf'

share|improve this answer

answered Nov 5 '15 at 11:06

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It seems like all the gsettings have no effect in Ubuntu 15.10, (maybe because I installed Ubuntu Studio with xfce4 first).

I solved it by adding this line to /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf:

background=/usr/share/backgrounds/Tranquil_by_Pat_David.jpg

or in one sudo command:

sudo su -c 'echo "background=/usr/share/backgrounds/Tranquil_by_Pat_David.jpg">>/etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf'

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answered Nov 5 '15 at 11:06

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background=/usr/share/backgrounds/Tranquil_by_Pat_David.jpg

sudo su -c 'echo "background=/usr/share/backgrounds/Tranquil_by_Pat_David.jpg">>/etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf'

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The non coder way is to use Ubuntu Tweak. Still available per the method listed in this answer.

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The non coder way is to use Ubuntu Tweak. Still available per the method listed in this answer.

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The non coder way is to use Ubuntu Tweak. Still available per the method listed in this answer.

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Shotwell

For just the basic wallpaper changing feature, you don’t need to install any software, just shotwell.

Just launch the pre-installed Shotwell photo manager, choose the pictures you need (you may need to import them first), then go to Files -> Set as Desktop Slideshow. Click "on lockscreen".

Finally set the time interval in next dialog as desired and done!

source: http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2018/07/4-wallpaper-changer-ubuntu-18-04/

Note: This does not work for the login screen any more in Ubuntu 19.04, but still for the dektop background.

share|improve this answer

edited Sep 28 at 7:49

answered Sep 28 at 7:37

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Shotwell

For just the basic wallpaper changing feature, you don’t need to install any software, just shotwell.

Just launch the pre-installed Shotwell photo manager, choose the pictures you need (you may need to import them first), then go to Files -> Set as Desktop Slideshow. Click "on lockscreen".

Finally set the time interval in next dialog as desired and done!

source: http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2018/07/4-wallpaper-changer-ubuntu-18-04/

Note: This does not work for the login screen any more in Ubuntu 19.04, but still for the dektop background.

share|improve this answer

edited Sep 28 at 7:49

answered Sep 28 at 7:37

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Shotwell

For just the basic wallpaper changing feature, you don’t need to install any software, just shotwell.

Just launch the pre-installed Shotwell photo manager, choose the pictures you need (you may need to import them first), then go to Files -> Set as Desktop Slideshow. Click "on lockscreen".

Finally set the time interval in next dialog as desired and done!

source: http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2018/07/4-wallpaper-changer-ubuntu-18-04/

Note: This does not work for the login screen any more in Ubuntu 19.04, but still for the dektop background.

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