Wallpapers

[ian4frost]

Ive tried to change the wallpapers on 12.0 but is reverts after i restart. Which directory houses the images for wall paper and login etc . I want to put some pics there, maybe they will remain as the wallpaper when i restart.

[dijetlo]

Which window manager do you use?

[ian4frost]

Which window manager do you use?

I use KDE. Also will i have to edit the inittab file

[dijetlo]

I use KDE.

You can use the KDE control center-> Appearence& Themes"
or you can use "fbsetbg" or "wmsetbg" from the command line. Be sure to look at the manual page for both commands, There are some handy switches available to customize the way the window manager handles the background image for both

Also will i have to edit the inittab file

No, but if you do, make sure you make a back up of the original before you begin,

[ian4frost]

You can use the KDE control center-> Appearence& Themes"
or you can use "fbsetbg" or "wmsetbg" from the command line. Be sure to look at the manual page for both commands, There are some handy switches available to customize the way the window manager handles the background image for both

The problem is not changing the background. Its after i restart it reverts to one i had set priously which would be one of the default ones.

[glaston]

The system is probably not saving your session.
I'm not in slack right now so I can't tell you exactly where to find it.
But there's a place to set your session prefs.
You want the system to automatically save your session on logoff, then restore the previous session at login.

[ian4frost]

The system is probably not saving your session.
I'm not in slack right now so I can't tell you exactly where to find it.
But there's a place to set your session prefs.
You want the system to automatically save your session on logoff, then restore the previous session at login.

Correct!
I managed to get the wallpaper to stay, but you know when you boot to run level 4 and u are faced with the user/password prompt, thats the background i want to set to a specific image.

[glaston]

That's the greeter.
I believe you change the settings for that when you're actually at the greeter(login screen).
There should be a button on that screen that gives you a menu when you click it.
I think it's even called "session", but that might be in Debian:Gnome.
Nevertheless, you change it in the greeter prefs.
I keep thinking it's called GDM(gnome)/KDM(K desktop).
I wish I could check it for you but unfortunately I'm having problems with my main slack box, and my other slack box is old and weak so it runs in console mode only.
It's purpose is as a pseudo-DMZ server to ssh into it remotely from the web in order to access the rest of the machines on my network.

[ian4frost]

Well i've tried everything. It cant be changed from that menue. Im out of ideas. googling none the less

[glaston]

Open kde control center.
All the way to the bottom in the administration category you can configure the login screen.
Make sure you're root, or authenticate with the "administrator mode" option or it won't let you change anything.
From there you can choose wallpaper just like you do with the actual desktop config.
Again, make sure your session prefs are set to save/restore the session at login/off.

There could be a configuration glitch or permissions conflict happening too.
If all else fails you can manually edit the 'conf' file if you know what arguments you need to add.
What groups are your user accounts configured for?
User only?
Or dev/cdrom etc?
You might have to edit your account settings to make sure you have the right permissions set.
But really you should be able to login as root and "chmod" it.