Does anyone know if it is possible to run music during the login screen (not just after you login?)
Even if it's not implemented standardly, if only with a script or something. . .
thanks
Does anyone know if it is possible to run music during the login screen (not just after you login?)
Even if it's not implemented standardly, if only with a script or something. . .
thanks
System->Administration->Login Window, Accessibility tab. Change the "Login screen ready sound". I'm pretty sure it has to be a wav.
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Currently a drum tone plays at the login screen, you can change it with System>Administration>Login Window.
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Thanks! Any chance that I can have a playlist? I guess I could just make a really long sound with different songs.
do you happen to know if it was a really long sound, would it stop when I log in, or would it keep going until finished?
EDIT: It doesn't stop - anyone know to make it stop?
Last edited by enabulator; April 4th, 2009 at 03:12 AM.
Is there any way to have some script or something run when it get to the login screen that plays music, and then have something of a similar nature (script or something) run when you log in to stop the music?
Not sure but poke around in /etc/gdm maybe the file /etc/gdm/init/Default to start with. Stick a command in there to play a file (found a good resorce for CLI audio players) and see what happens. If that doesn't do it look at the other files in there.
Of course back up anything you change first.
Once you know that works find something that will do a whole playlist.
Thanks for the reply,
I'm new to ubuntu, and I don't know bash, or whatever the files are coded in. Sometime i might learn, but at least now I have an idea of where to start.
EDIT: the /bin/sh means its dash, right?
Last edited by enabulator; April 4th, 2009 at 10:23 PM.
is dash/bash/whatever it is basically the same as typing in the terminal?
ok, so I got music to play with
However, I didn't get quite what I wanted.Code:mplayer /path/to/file
If I add the command to /etc/gdm/Init/Default, it playes before the login screen, and the song has to finish before the screen comes up at all.
If I add to /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default, It plays after I login, but before the things under System >> Preferences >> Sessions run.
I am assuming that if I add to /etc/gdm/PostSession/default, that it will run after the things under System >> Preferences >> Sessions run.
If I add to /etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default.sample, it doesn't do anything (even if name changed to Default) - btw:why?
For all of these all action stops, the music plays, and then it continues. Can the music run concurrently with whatever else is happening?
I still don't even know how to have the music stop after someone logs in.
Does anyone else have any other ideas on where to go with this? Is it impossible?
thanks
Regards, David.
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