How can I use custom wallpapers for the login screen?

Question

I recently Installed 12.10 version and I loved it! But the there's something weird with Wallpapers. As long as I use a wallpaper from the /usr/share/backgrounds folder (I use the "appearance" dialog box), this wallpapers appears also on my welcome (login) screen. But when I try to use a wallpaper from my pictures folder (again using the "+" button from the appearance dialog box), my login screen has the standard ubuntu 12.10 wallpaper. Is there anything I can do to fix this?

Thanks in advance!

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 10 '13 at 20:27

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When you copy the picture to /usr/share/backgrounds you also need to change the permissions - read-write for owner and read-only for others.

This can be accomplished by running the following command in a terminal:

sudo chmod 644 filename

answered Apr 10 '13 at 20:27

green

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 09 '13 at 19:52

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Ubuntu tweak can do this:

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My login now shows dragonlady.

answered Apr 09 '13 at 19:52

Rinzwind

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How can I use custom wallpapers for the login screen?

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