I'm looking to theme GDM+GNOME with: 1: changing the default background 2: putting a Mageia logo above the GDM userlist
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4419 This can be done by (1 and 2 match up with above): 1a. Making an XML file for the default Mageia background and placing that into /usr/share/gnome-background-properties XML such as: http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-backgrounds/tree/backgrounds/gnome-backgrounds.xml.in.in Note: this allows translation! Just going to call it Mageia and not setup translation (due to simple reason that I do not know how). 1b. Creating an gschema.override file to change the default background. gschema.override such as: https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file?file=glib2-branding.gschema.override.in&package=glib2-branding-openSUSE&project=openSUSE%3AFactory&rev=e64e8406fad55bc7ec175dfcbe3d5c47 This needs to be compiled by glib-compile-schemas. I've ensured the existing filetrigger also works for '.override' files as of glib2.0-2.31.16-2.mga2 1c. Patching gnome-control-center to assume the default background within /usr/share/gnome-background-properties is specified in "mageia.xml" if it exists, else, "adwaita.xml". Note: this is a hack, but unfortunately the default is not in gsettings, so cannot nicely override. 2a. Creating an gschema.override file to the Mageia logo (as SVG): http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/?p=gdm.git;a=blob;f=org.gnome.login-screen.gschema.override;hb=HEAD Now, IMO, this should be done in the Mageia theme package. This so: - If you don't want these backgrounds, you can just remove them - If Mageia wants different backgrounds for Live cd / DVD / special release then it is just a matter of packaging them - Don't have to put a Require: on some Mageia theme in gdm/gnome-control-center, etc. However, due to 1c, the background within the theme MUST have a file called /usr/share/gnome-background-properties/mageia.xml. So the themes will conflict with eachother. At the moment, it seems there only is one theme package called mageia-theme-Default. I'm guessing it is ok if the themes conflict, otherwise you do not know which one should give the background. To recap, I need to put the following files in some package: - /usr/share/gnome-background-properties/mageia.xml => mageia-theme-Default ? who owns the directory then? - http://www.mageia.org/g/media/logo/mageia-2011.svg => mageia-theme-Default or desktop-common-data ? - /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/mageia-theme-Default.override => mageia-theme-Default and depend on glib2.0-common? - (and patch gnome-control-center) => not sure if I can :P Now, I know which files I need to package, but I have trouble with in which package to put them without creating incorrect Requires. If I package /usr/share/gnome-background-properties/mageia.xml, should I depend on gnome-control-center (as the directory is part of gnome-control-center), or not? Can I ignore this? Ignoring this would allow me to just put it in mageia-theme-Default For /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/mageia-theme-Default.override, glib-compile-schemas needs to run. Should I depend on glib for the file trigger. That seems a bit much for mageia-theme-Default. How to solve? I noticed mageia-theme-kde-background, but that just gives one background. It also doesn't have any dependencies on KDE, which seems a bit odd. Note: I also see /usr/share/gnome-background-properties/gnome-default.xml; it is NOT used. -- Regards, Olav
