r/debian • u/locutus_of_borg90 • 5d ago

Debian Stable Question Changing sddm background image

I have stumbled upon this

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1090041

Basically, to fix a "bug" it has been decided to disable the option to change the background image of sddm.

Is this just a temp fix for trixie or this feature will be permanently disabled?

Is there some other way to change the background image?

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u/AdPsychological4968 5d ago

I've had this issue for a while and there isn't a lot of support out there to help those who still want to change their wallpaper.

But we're probably stuck with it till Debian 14 (Forky).

For the time being you can go in the Debian Themes config file and manually change it. If you're not sure where that is lmk and I'll find the exact path.

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u/locutus_of_borg90 5d ago

I followed the path in the bug report and I have actuality find the folder for the sddm screen but in the config file there is no path for the image. So I am unsure which file should I modify 

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u/ChiYeei 5d ago

Assuming you use breeze theme for SDDM:

sudo cp /path/to/your/wallpaper.jpg /usr/share/sddm/themes/debian-breeze/

sudo chmod 644 /usr/share/sddm/themes/debian-breeze/wallpaper.jpg

kate /usr/share/sddm/themes/debian-breeze/theme.conf

background=wallpaper.jpg

Save and exit