hello all, i opened a new thread for this problem i'm unable to solve on my machine. Brian told me to use: gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/var/lib/gdm/.gconf.mandatory -t string -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename /usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds/opensolaris/stream.jpg
but .gconf.mandatory isn't listed in /etc/gconf/2/path, there is: xml:readwrite:$(HOME)/.gconf but also an include: include "$(HOME)/.gconf.path" but gdm's home contains gconf.path not .gconf.path, is it normal? I'm wondering who created this file gconf.path that doesn't exist for others users? Anyway, i did: gdm at ultra20:~$ gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/var/lib/gdm/.gconf -t string -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename /home/henry/screenshot.png gdm at ultra20:~$ gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/var/lib/gdm/.gconf -g /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename /home/henry/screenshot.png gdm at ultra20:~$ gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/var/lib/gdm/.gconf -t bool -s /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list false gdm at ultra20:~$ gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/var/lib/gdm/.gconf -g /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list but after restarting gdm, there is no change... In /var/adm/messages: Dec 29 15:55:36 ultra20 console-kit-daemon[473]: [ID 702911 daemon.crit] GLib-GObject-CRITICAL: file gobject.c: line 2384: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed Dec 29 15:55:36 ultra20 gdm-binary[2345]: [ID 702911 daemon.warning] WARNING: Unable lookup numeric info: non-recoverable name resolution failure Dec 29 15:55:36 ultra20 console-kit-daemon[473]: [ID 702911 daemon.warning] GLib-GObject-WARNING: g_object_set_property: construct property "seat-id" for object `CkSession' can't be set after construction Dec 29 15:55:37 ultra20 gnome-session[2386]: [ID 702911 daemon.warning] WARNING: IceListenForConnections returned 2 non-local listeners: inet/ultra20:54780,inet6/ultra20:56475 Dec 29 15:56:29 ultra20 gnome-session[2434]: [ID 702911 daemon.warning] WARNING: IceListenForConnections returned 2 non-local listeners: inet/ultra20:44525,inet6/ultra20:56680
