On Sunday 09 Sep 2012 10:07:15 lynn wrote:

On 09/09/12 09:33, ianseeks wrote:

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HI

I've notice if you change the login theme via "System Settings"/System Administration/Login Screen, it is never applied. It seems like a redundant configuration item. In the past and it seems now, you have to edit config files to action a change of login screen.

regards

Ian

Hi Ian Not even. I've tried editing /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager

Anything you change there is ignored. The old 1990's login screen has returned with that simply awful blue stripe background. Our workers are up in arms and I've today to get it back to something that looks as if it was produced in 2012. lightdm looks like a good workaround. . . Thanks, L x Hi Lynn

I have managed to change it in the past but not tried for quite a few releases now. I did mention the problem in these lists years ago and was told it would be fixed in 10.? but never was. Did your "root" user also appear in the list of users on the login screen after trying to change the theme? regards Ian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 3:07 AM, lynn wrote:

On 09/09/12 09:33, ianseeks wrote:

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HI

I've notice if you change the login theme via "System Settings"/System Administration/Login Screen, it is never applied. It seems like a redundant configuration item. In the past and it seems now, you have to edit config files to action a change of login screen.

Hi Ian Not even. I've tried editing /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager

Anything you change there is ignored. The old 1990's login screen has returned with that simply awful blue stripe background. Our workers are up in arms and I've today to get it back to something that looks as if it was produced in 2012. lightdm looks like a good workaround. .

I only saw the issue when doing a DVD upgrade from 12.1 to 12.2. The issue did not happen again with a clean install of 12.2. Perhaps this helps point to where the problem is? -- Chris -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 08:34:57AM +0100, ianseeks wrote:

On Tuesday 11 Sep 2012 22:28:29 Christofer C. Bell wrote:

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On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 3:07 AM, lynn wrote:

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On 09/09/12 09:33, ianseeks wrote:

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I've notice if you change the login theme via "System Settings"/System Administration/Login Screen, it is never applied. It seems like a redundant configuration item. In the past and it seems now, you have to edit config files to action a change of login screen.

I believe this is a different level than the one you intend to modify.

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Not even. I've tried editing /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager

Anything you change there is ignored. The old 1990's login screen has returned with that simply awful blue stripe background. Our workers are up in arms and I've today to get it back to something that looks as if it was produced in 2012. lightdm looks like a good workaround. . I only saw the issue when doing a DVD upgrade from 12.1 to 12.2. The issue did not happen again with a clean install of 12.2. Perhaps this helps point to where the problem is?

I always do clean installs so that won't be the issue. Its a known problem/feature. I guess Suse doesn't want you to loose their branding by changing to another login screen.

In /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager DISPLAYMANAGER_KDM_THEME has to be set to openSUSE I saw the same default KDE theme with a system upgraded from openSUSE 12.1 and DISPLAYMANAGER_KDM_THEME was still at "SUSE". Please be this nice and file a defect report by following this link http://en.openSUSE.org/openSUSE:Submitting_bug_reports If you filed a report at the end please be this nice to report it back to the list as an easy clickable URL. In the report add a pointer to this thread in the list archive http://lists.openSUSE.org/opensuse/2012-09/msg00236.html Cheers, Lars -- Lars Müller [ˈlaː(r)z ˈmʏlɐ] Samba Team + SUSE Labs SUSE Linux, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany

On Sunday 16 Sep 2012 23:18:01 Florian Gleixner wrote:

Had the same problem. What i did:

edit /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager and set DISPLAYMANAGER_KDM_THEME="openSUSE" DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm4"

tried with a logout -> no change

set the Theme in System Settings -> worked.

I tried with another machine, and it seems to be the only way to get it working - it needed the logout and X-restart. Dont ask me why ...

Mine is set to that and it still doesn't give me any other login screen

On 09/09/2012 10:07 AM, lynn wrote:

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On 09/09/12 09:33, ianseeks wrote:

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HI

I've notice if you change the login theme via "System Settings"/System Administration/Login Screen, it is never applied. It seems like a redundant configuration item. In the past and it seems now, you have to edit config files to action a change of login screen.

regards

Ian

Hi Ian Not even. I've tried editing /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager

Anything you change there is ignored. The old 1990's login screen has returned with that simply awful blue stripe background. Our workers are up in arms and I've today to get it back to something that looks as if it was produced in 2012. lightdm looks like a good workaround. . . Thanks, L x -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Il 09/09/2012 18:23, Philipp Thomas ha scritto:

On Sun, 09 Sep 2012 08:33:55 +0100, ianseeks wrote:

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I've notice if you change the login theme via "System Settings"/System Administration/Login Screen, it is never applied. It seems like a redundant configuration item. In the past and it seems now, you have to edit config files to action a change of login screen.

Functioning crystal balls are extremely rare, so please tell us which graphical desktop are you talking about (GNOME, KDE, XFCE, Windowmaker etc.)? And in that vein, using which tool to set the logion screen?

Philipp

Phillip, About functioning crystal balls (IMHO which resemble Window 7 boot screen) here on my 12.2 64 bit are working perfectly both on GNOME and Cinnamon (not yet tested on KDE so far). I have not made any customization, just rebooting after a zypper dup from openSUSE 12.1. Regards, -- Marco Calistri (amdturion) opensuse 12.2 (Mantis) 64 bit - Kernel 3.4.6-2.10-desktop Gnome 3.4.2 Intel® Core™ i5-2410M CPU @ 2.30GHz × 4 - Intel® Sandybridge Mobile -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org