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How to customize the Ubuntu Live CD?

I would like to customize Ubuntu live CD by installing some additional packages. I have followed the Ubuntu help wiki guide but it doesn't seem to work. Can anyone provide clear instructions? I'm not ...
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How to save GNOME settings in a file?

I save my configuration in a Git repository to restore it easily later. Recently, I stumbled upon an issue where needed to change GNOME settings with the gsettings command. Is there a way to save ...
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How do I add customized wallpapers so they appear in the dynamic unity greeter?

As the title above suggests I want to add some custom wallpapers (png images I have created myself) to the user/share/backgrounds folder in 12.04. I have completed this task. Issue : They do NOT ...
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How to change Ubuntu Budgie login screen background?

I want to change the Ubuntu Budgie login screen background to the one I'm currently using on my account; Just like it was with the previous Ubuntu versions with Unity with the draw-user-backgrounds ...
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How do I change login screen purple color to another one or image (if possible) on Ubuntu 17.10? [duplicate]

I want to know if it is possible to change the login screen background to an image, or if not, how to change the color from the default.
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Restore Unity Greeter

I've installed XFCE Desktop environment, but when I decide to switch back to Unity, while uninstalling the XFCE packages, the LightDM keep starts like XFCE, and I want to restore the Unity one. I ...
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How do I set the LightDM wallpaper in Ubuntu 14.04?

In previous versions of Ubuntu, picking one of the default wallpapers meant that you saw it on the login screen as well. I am now on a clean install of Ubuntu 14.04, the LightDM wallpaper appears to ...
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What is wrong with this method of using an alternate lock screen background?

I have recently been trying to separate all three wallpaper states that are all the same as default. They are: Unity Greeter Lock screen Desktop All of them have a wallpaper, and as default the ...
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How do I enable the user dynamic wallpaper in the login screen of Ubuntu 13.04? [duplicate]

Ubuntu 12.04 Unity greeter had introduced the selected user dynamic wallpaper which allowed, when selecting a user from the available users list in the login screen, the wallpaper to change to reflect ...
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How Do I configure LightDM to run seamlessly?

My Unity Greeter/LightDM is working fine in Precise with one exception. When the greeter first displays the default system wallpaper /usr/share/backgrounds/warty-final-ubuntu.png is visible for 1 ...
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Unity greeter background on Xubuntu 12.04

I'm running Xubuntu 12.04 and using the Unity greeter with LightDM. Everything works well except for I can never change the background. I've tried editing the .conf file, editing the gsettings as the ...
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Change lock screen background through command line

I'm interested in changing my lock screen background through the command line. I'm hoping to be able to do it such that, after I run a series of commands, the next time it locks that image comes up. ...
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How to set Default Unity Login Screen in Ubuntu 12.04 with Differant user background Screens [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I add customized wallpapers so they appear in the dynamic unity greeter? Installed Pangolin 12.04 X64 with 2 users, one user has The default Unity Login Screen with a ...
Ian Lester's user avatar
3 votes
0 answers
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Xubuntu 12.04: Use unity-greeter and set user background automatically [duplicate]

on a fresh Xubuntu 12.04 Installation i have set greeter-session=unity-greeter in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf. Also I have installed unity-greeter gnome-settings-daemon. Now I want to change the ...
Markus Koegler's user avatar
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/etc/lightdm/unity-greeter.conf file missing

I have no /etc/lightdm/unity-greeter.conf file. but there is /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf and /etc/lightdm/users.conf but there isn't a background=path/to/image line in either of those files. Related: ...
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