{"id":30,"date":"2010-10-13T00:32:06","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T00:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kher.org\/blog\/?p=30"},"modified":"2011-05-31T08:40:56","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T08:40:56","slug":"customizing-ubuntu-maveric-meerkat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kher.org\/blog\/customizing-ubuntu-maveric-meerkat\/","title":{"rendered":"Customizing Ubuntu 10.10 (Maveric Meerkat)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have upgraded to Ubuntu 10.10 and what follows is a first of customization that I have done.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>Changing login Screen:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First among many customizations that I felt compelled to do was change login screen from garish violet-orange splotchy thing to a nice peaceful image that I use as a desktop<br \/>\nI love &#8220;Serenity Enchanted&#8221; wallpaper<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"serenity enchanted\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ubuntuka.com\/static.images\/10.10-wallpapers-1\/500x-Serenity_Enchanted_by_sirpecangum.jpg\" alt=\"serenity enchanted\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let us see how easy it is to have same image as a login screen background.<br \/>\nStep 1: Create link:<br \/>\nOpen a terminal and issue following command.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><code>sudo cp \/usr\/share\/applications\/gnome-appearance-properties.desktop \/usr\/share\/gdm\/autostart\/LoginWindow<\/code><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Step 2: : Customize login screen<br \/>\nNow log out of your session. You will see Appearance Preferences Window.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"screenshot\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4067\/5078521798_f287466156_z.jpg\" alt=\"screenshot\" width=\"600\" height=\"517\" \/><br \/>\nChoose your favorite image as a background. Close the Appearances Preferences Window, login again.<\/p>\n<p>Step 3: : Remove temporary files<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><code>sudo rm -f \/usr\/share\/gdm\/autostart\/LoginWindow\/gnome-appearance-properties.desktop<\/code><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>2. Changing Startup-Login sound:<br \/>\nStep 1: With root permissions, copy the desired file to \/usr\/share\/sounds\/ubuntu\/stereo\/<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><code>%su -<br \/>\n% cp yourfile.ogg \/usr\/share\/sounds\/ubuntu\/stereo<br \/>\n<\/code><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Step 2: Go to System-&gt;preferences-&gt;Startup Applications. Select &#8220;GNOME Login Sound&#8221;. Click &#8220;Edit&#8221;.<br \/>\nChange the Command to<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><code>\/usr\/bin\/canberra-gtk-play --id=\"yourfile\" --description=\"GNOME Login\"<\/code><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Note that the &#8220;id&#8221; should contain only the name of the custom sound file that you have copied in step 1.<\/p>\n<p>Step 3: Done!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have upgraded to Ubuntu 10.10 and what follows is a first of customization that I have done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kher.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kher.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kher.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kher.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kher.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kher.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kher.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kher.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kher.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}