Ubuntu
gdm3 package

Show user's wallpaper on login screen

Bug #1789036 reported by Peter Bittner
10
This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gdm3 (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Wishlist
Unassigned
gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

Before Ubuntu switched from Unity to GNOME Shell the login user experience was much more appealing.

For every user, when you looped through them on the login screen, the background image was shown with a nice fade-in visual effect. See this video for a demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seQ6C-yEpCw

It would be nice if Ubuntu would again feel similar on the login screen.

Technically, at least setting a single (system-wide) wallpaper on the login screen is not difficult (via #lockDialogGroup in /usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/ubuntu.css). Interested parties may visit this blog for details: http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/10/change-login-screen-background-ubuntu-17-10/ (TL;DR edit /etc/alternatives/gdm3.css)

Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
Changed in gdm3 (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gdm3 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

The login screen is mostly driven by 'gnome-shell' code still, so that might be where a fix will go.

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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