Change Ubuntu login window background from image to hex color

[ryankask]

Hi. I have Ubuntu Tweak installed but it only lets me change the login background to an image. Is it possible to use a color in hex?

I am using Ubuntu 10.10.

Thanks,
Ryan

[hhh]

This article shows how you can enable Appearance Preferences for the login window (you can skip step 1, he's wrong about you needing to move your image to the /usr/share/backgrounds folder, and the image does not have to be a jpg)...
http://maketecheasier.com/change-login-and-boot-screen-in-ubuntu-lucid/2010/05/13

As you can see from the screenshot in that article, just choose the Solid Color background (top-left corner in that shot) and set your color(s) under Colors:

An alternative way to achieve the same affect would be to create a solid colored image with Gimp and use Ubuntu Tweak to set it.

[ryankask]

Thanks for your help.

I'm really looking for a conguration file where I can set the desired color's hex value.

Thanks,
Ryan

[ryankask]

Thanks for your help.

I'm really looking for a conguration file where I can set the desired color's hex value.

Thanks,
Ryan

[hhh]

Whatever, I don't see the difference. This is a GUI which writes the hex code somewhere. If you want to find where, try /usr/share/gdm or /etc/gdm.

[ryankask]

The difference is that the GUI doesn't work for setting colors; only the backgrounds work from that dialog.

[stinkeye]

The difference is that the GUI doesn't work for setting colors; only the backgrounds work from that dialog.
...and hex colors.
Choose no desktop backgound and then choose your color.

[hhh]

Ja, da top left vun!


As you can see from the screenshot in that article, just choose the Solid Color background (top-left corner in that shot) and set your color(s) under Colors:

[ryankask]

That's brilliant! Sorry for the tone of my last post. Thanks hhh and stinkeye.

[haikalpribadi]

we don't have Ubuntu Tweak in natty, anymore. is there other application or way to change the login screen background image?

[runesvend]

You can install ubuntu-tweak from the tualatrix ppa (https://launchpad.net/~tualatrix/+archive/ppa). Here's a guide if needed:

http://www.liberiangeek.net/2011/03/install-ubuntu-tweak-ubuntu-11-04-natty-narwhal/