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[Enhancement] New boot/login screen #125

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
*-COLORS boot-screen/login-screen for the new Karmic replacement for usplash 
(whatever it is called, I can't think of it off hand)

Original issue reported on code.google.com by abir...@gmail.com on 28 Oct 2009 at 1:02

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
There is currently no graphical way to configure xsplash.

In fact, the only way to make changes to it is to physically alter it's image 
files
found in /usr/share/images/xsplash.

Due to this, there's no way for me to create a theme for xsplash - as it would 
be
destructive.

If you want to personally modify it, you can go to that folder as administrator 
and
replace the provided backgrounds with your own, effectively changing the xsplash
appearance.

Original comment by perfectska04 on 28 Oct 2009 at 1:06

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I remember seeing a whole bunch of different suggestions for the Karmic boot-up 
screen, 
would these all have had to been individually programmed into xsplash in some 
difficult-to-do manner?

Original comment by abir...@gmail.com on 28 Oct 2009 at 1:15

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
xplash currently only uses images found in /usr/share/images/xsplash

You could change the background and animations as you wish, but this would not 
be
reversible - unless you backed up the original backgrounds.

I imagine you can also modify the animations, as they are images as well. This,
however would be more tricky and require more knowledge and some means of 
creating
the new animations with GIMP or Inkscape.

For now, Karmic users are stuck with the stock xplash and they cannot modify it
without replacing this images. Perhaps in the next release more configuration 
will be
available?

Original comment by perfectska04 on 28 Oct 2009 at 1:29

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I just replaced the xsplash background images and made the logo files fully 
transparent.
I hope that they somehow make it possible to create themes and switch these in 
the
future.

I've also been experimenting with the new login screen. It seems to be using 
normal
GNOME themes and icon sets. The GNOME-Colors icons look quite good on it, but 
the
Shiki-Colors theme does not like the panel-like bar at the bottom.
Only the shutdown menu button in the bottom right corner gets themed as a panel.

I wonder if it would be possible to alter the theme to treat the whole bar as a 
panel.

You can try it yourself by entering these commands in in a terminal (And then 
logging
out):

sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 -t string -s /apps/metacity/general/theme 
Shiki-Colors-Metacity
sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme 
Shiki-Brave
sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme 
GNOME-Brave

To reset to Ubuntu default:

sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 -t string -s /apps/metacity/general/theme HumanLogin
sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme 
HumanLogin
sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme 
HumanLoginIcons

Original comment by mrb...@gmail.com on 30 Oct 2009 at 6:57

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
@mrbzzt
If there's a particular matching I can add, it'd be easy to do so. However, I'm 
not
sure where the bottom panel gets it's colors exactly... If it just uses the 
general
window background color, there would be no way to incorporate it (other than 
just
making a Shiki variant all dark, and solely for GDM).

If anyone knows of a matching that can allow me to specify the text and 
background
colors for the bottom GDM panel, I can add it to Shiki.

Original comment by perfectska04 on 30 Oct 2009 at 7:13

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
As for xsplash, there is a new update that only uses one background file in 
backports
repository.

You can make said file a syslink to your current wallpaper and you'll always 
get your
GDM/splash/Desktop in sync.

Alternatively, you can make this file a completely black background and xsplash 
will
appear as an extension to usplash until your desktop appears. However, your GDM 
will
also have a static black background.

Original comment by perfectska04 on 30 Oct 2009 at 7:16