Question #667968 on LightDM GTK+ Greeter changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/lightdm-gtk-greeter/+question/667968
Status: Answered => Solved Gerry confirmed that the question is solved: Thanks, Simon! That was the clue I needed. I finally got xfdesktop-settings to populate the AccountsService data in a way that, along with the source code, made it clear. The clean install of bionic still doesn't work -- that's a gnome problem I suspect -- but I got my dbus call to manage it with my regular desktop (still bionic, but not a standard install). I had some trouble making it work with dbus-send, but this worked with qdbus: qdbus --system --literal org.freedesktop.Accounts \ /org/freedesktop/Accounts/User1000 \ org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Set \ org.freedesktop.DisplayManager.AccountsService BackgroundFile $FIRSTIMAGE And worked right for everything as long as I maintained the other interface too: dbus-send --system --print-reply \ --dest=org.freedesktop.Accounts /org/freedesktop/Accounts/User1000 org.freedesktop.Accounts.User.SetBackgroundFile \ string:$FIRSTIMAGE Needing them both might be a compiz wallpaper thing? I'm don't quite get the dbus messaging yet... Thanks for your help. --gerry -- You received this question notification because your team LightDM Gtk+ Greeter Development Team is an answer contact for LightDM GTK+ Greeter. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lightdm-gtk-greeter-team Post to : lightdm-gtk-greeter-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lightdm-gtk-greeter-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp