How do I change the purple dotted background in unity-greeter before the default background image?

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How do I change the default purple dotted background that appears right before the background image in unity greeter in 12.04 precise?

To be clear, this is in the brief moment right before the unity-greeter user wallpaper is displayed in 12.04 (although this occured previous to 12.04 that's what I'm using).

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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This answer says it all.

This thread discussing the unity-greeter config file might help.

Earlier when I tried to change my desktop background, the image I'd had from 11.10 was obviously no longer an option. So I downloaded it to ~/Pictures and re-selected it as the background. I think this fixed the greeter issue for me.

edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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answered Apr 13 '12 at 23:49

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 15 '12 at 16:46

This is evidently a known bug. https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/970024 but there is a patch that can be applied.

Detailed instructions to install the patch for users not familiar with patching and recompiling are posted in this thread on ubuntu forums:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11846018#post11846018

Make sure to read the entire thread before following the steps, as the actual compilation is done differently than posted by the op (in order to make the modified unity-greeter a .deb package).

How do I change the purple dotted background in unity-greeter before the default background image?

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