How to change the login picutre in Ubuntu 19.04


Today we look at how to change the login image in Ubuntu 19.04.  As you can see in the instructions and in the videos, it is slighlty complicated, but if you just follow the guides correctly you will be able to do it easily!

Please note, that the method is slightly different on Ubuntu 18.04 and 18.10, the main difference is that the file that needs to be editted is on different locations .

How to change the login picutre in Ubuntu 18.04 - https://www.linuxmadesimple.info/2018/11/how-to-change-login-screen-picture-in.html

How to change the login picutre in Ubuntu 18.10 - https://www.linuxmadesimple.info/2019/02/how-to-change-login-picture-in-ubuntu.html


Instructions:
sudo gedit /usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/gdm3.css

search for "#lockDialogGroup"

replace:

{
  background-color: #2C001E; }

with

{
background: #2C001E url(file:///path_to_image/imgage_name);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-size: cover;
background-position: center;
}

replace the path to image and image name with the image you like to use save and reboot your system

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