Changing Fedora 14 Splash Image

[sonoran]

For those who wish to change the default login splash background in fedora 14, the offending graphics are to be found in /usr/share/backgrounds/laughlin/default.

Step 1 is to add your preferred ping image alongside the laughlin.png in whichever directory your monitor uses. I am apparently "normalish" so I put my background there. 1280x1024 RGB.

Step 2 - edit the "laughlin.xml" file in the "default" directory, replacing "laughlin.png" with the name of the file you added above.

To get the proper dimensions for an image, you can load laughlin.png into the GIMP and read Image/Properties. While there, you could erase the contents of the image and replace with your own, similar to rinsing out your mouth. Then spit.

If you use a graphic from outside fedora, don't forget to run restorecon on the file, or else SELinux won't allow gdm to display it.

[v0lt4g3]

I didn't need to go through all that....

I looked at the symlink to the default background file, renamed the backgound file, then moved my image file to the target directory...

No need for any extra steps beyond renaming a couple of files.
By all means, you should follow the procedure listed here...
That way you gain understanding of the operation at hand.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

http://moco-sux.net63.net/dynsig2.jpg

[ablyall]

Thanks for the replies to this. I'll see if I can follow the suggestions, not being an expert. When I said "spalsh" screen, I meant the background to the login screen.