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While it is currently possible to theme the gnome "Lock" screen, there
is no graphical way for a user to preview or choose such a theme. This
limits customization, and discourages artists from designing lock screen
themes. For example, the designer of the gnome/shiki/arc-colors artwork
recently wrote this (http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/GNOME-
colors?content=82562):
"Yes, that would work for manual installation, where the user is fully
aware of the contents and the website provides proper instructions.
However, for packaging, providing artwork that has no means of being
enabled, listing or previewing the contents intuitively is often a bad
idea.
I know it's not exactly impossible, but it is unknown to most users.
Installing, for example, a lock screen package through apt-get because
it is suggested by gnome-colors should not require searching the
internet for the knowledge necessary to begin using it.
That said, third party lock screens are welcome. I just don't want to
release something official that I wouldn't be able to support properly."
There should be a gui for previewing and selecting lock screen themes (perhaps
a new tab in "Appearance Preferences"?).
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Nov 30 18:42:26 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: gnome (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-15.50-generic
SourcePackage: meta-gnome2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-15-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
(gnome-settings-daemon:2023): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion
`src != NULL' failed
(gnome-settings-daemon:2023): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion
`src != NULL' failed
(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2125): GLib-CRITICAL **:
g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
(nautilus:2120): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion
`preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
** Affects: hundredpapercuts
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Affects: gdm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Wishlist
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386
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Lock screen theme is not graphically customizable.
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/490581
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