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[openFATE 324570] make GDM background image configurable
Feature changed by: QK ZHU (qkzhu)
Feature #324570, revision 10
Title: make GDM background image configurable

Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel)
Partner organization: openSUSE.org

GDM only has very limited theming posibilites. To change the actual
wallpaper one has to modify a binary file a rather nasty and not
upgradable way:
Please implement some more convenient way to allow custom deployments
to override the wallpaper in GDM.

Use Case:
Customers and partners might want to customize SLES, SLED, and SLE

#1: QK ZHU (qkzhu) (2018-09-10 03:28:09)
Upstream status: - This feature was rejected by upstream
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=787454 - A new design for
login & lock screen has been proposed during 2017 GNOME Shell UX Design
Hackfest, it seems a blurred background is in their paln but I am not
sure when this will be implemented:
https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/OS/LockUnlockLogin#Tentative_Design My
questions: There are two aspects for GDM background, login screen and
lock screen - Should both of them be configurable? Login screen
background is a system-wide behavior while lock screen background is a
user-wide behavior, should lock screen align with login screen?
Tentative solutions: 1. Let GDM uses a custom CSS file and use update-
alternatives to switch between different themes. Ubuntu uses this way
to redefine their login theme:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1715722 But
their patch doesn't change the lock screen background:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1732450 2.
According to GResource doc: 'it is possible to use the
G_RESOURCE_OVERLAYS environment variable to selectively overlay
resources with replacements from the filesystem.' but is's only for
debugging or quick hacking and testing purposes. I will make some
investigation to check if it's a practical solution
Potential regressions: - multi-monitor behaviors - SUSE logo on the
lock screen was added as a background, it may be affected by this

#2: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) (2018-09-10 14:56:33Z) (reply to #1)
For a start the gdm background alone would be good already even without
lock screen :)

#3: QK ZHU (qkzhu) (2018-09-12 10:02:44)
Modify /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Shell.desktop to
png=/path/filename.jpg /usr/bin/gnome-shell Login & Lock screen
background will be both changed.
The background image will be repeated if its size doesn't fit with the
resolution, i.e. It's not convenient to adjust the image property by
this way.

+ #4: QK ZHU (qkzhu) (2018-09-14 09:14:14Z)
+ I submitted a experimental patch to G:S:3.26 for tentative solution1:
+ -
+ /gnome-shell?opackage=gnome-shell&oproject=GNOME%3ASTABLE%3A3.26&rev=6
+ 1. GDM session uses an exported CSS (/usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/gdm.
+ css) to define its theme
+ 2. We can use update-alternatives to switch between different themes
+ 3. Currently gdm.css points to gdm-upstream.css which is generated by
+ the upstream SCSS file
+ 4. Only login screen theme could be changed
+ If you want to provide a different theme, let's say gdm-openSUSE.css,
+ you should:
+ 1. Generate this css file based on the upstream version, modify
+ #lockDialogGroup section to change the background
+ #lockDialogGroup{
+ background: #2e3436 url(file:
+ ///usr/share/wallpapers/SLEdefault/contents/images/1920x1080.jpg);
+ background-repeat: no-repeat; }
+ 2. Provide this css file in a branding package and switch to it via
+ update-alternatives

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