The intent of this page is to offer a basic tutorial for creating themes for the Gnome Display Manager, along with tips for getting the most out of GDM features.

What is a GDM Theme?

A GDM theme Is a collection of files that control the appearance of the or Gnome Display Manager, refered to in short as the GDM.

GDM Theme Components

A GDM theme consists of around five components:

The GdmGreeterTheme.desktop file

Apparently, this is not a "true" .desktop file. I can neither confirm nor deny that fact. I can tell you that the GdmGreeterTheme.desktop file allows you to specify a name, creator, copyright information, a brief description, and the name of the preview image. This information is used by the GDM settings panel when listing your theme.

The Theme's XML file

The Background image

The Preview image

Any Foreground images (not required)

Tips

Box Size

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