Replacing Login Screen
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From: TaliesinSoft on 14 Sep 2009 08:26 On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:40:41 -0500, J.J. O'Shea wrote (in article <h8l6j022d04(a)news7.newsguy.com>): [responding to my opening posting in this thread in which I stated] > >> I''m running Snow Leopard (10.6.1) and would like to replace that >> purplish space theme login screen with something more to my liking. >> >> Prior to Snow Leopard I was using an applet called Loginox which did >> exactly what I wanted, allowing me to switch between the default login >> screen and one of my choosing. Unfortunately Loginox is not at this time compatible with >> Snow Leopard. >> >> I found another applet, Visage Login which purports to also allow >> replacing the login screen with one of your own choosing and which is >> stated to be Snow Leopard compatible. >> >> The problem I'm having is that although Visage Login does allow me to >> specify an alternate login screen, when I log in instead of getting the alternate >> image all I see is a medium blue screen. >> >> Is anyone else using Visage Login and are they having success with it? If >> so what is the secret? > > Loginox might help. Note that in the second paragraph of my opening posting I stated that I had been using Loginox prior to trying Visage Login but that at this time it is not compatible with Snow Leopard, something I witnessed when trying to use it under Snow Leopard, and something that I then found stated on the Loginox website. -- James Leo Ryan --- Austin, Texas
From: TaliesinSoft on 14 Sep 2009 08:29 On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:50:56 -0500, Tom Stiller wrote (in article <tom_stiller-784875.06505514092009(a)news.verizon.net>): > In article <0001HW.C6D357EB00022954B02A89BF(a)News.Individual.NET>, > TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft(a)me.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:05:55 -0500, JF Mezei wrote (in article >> <0066f964$0$30051$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>): >> >>> TaliesinSoft wrote: >>>> I''m running Snow Leopard (10.6.1) and would like to replace that >>>> purplish space theme login screen with something more to my liking. >>> >>> It is a simple image in /System/Library/CoreServices >>> >>> DefaultDesktop.jpg >>> >>> If your replacement image is ~/Background.jpg (your home directory) >>> >>> Start Terminal and type: >>> >>> cd /System/Library/CoreServices sudo mv DefaultDesktop.jpg >>> DefaultDesktop_old.jpg sudo cp ~/Background.jpg DefaultDesktop.jpg >>> >>> >>> Next time you login, you will have your updated background image. Note >>> that this gets zapped when you upgrade the OS. >> >> Many thanks for the response but I should have mentioned that my >> preference is to not use the terminal but to use an applet that has a >> "foolbroof" (And there are times when I am definitely the fool) >> interface, and that is why I tried an applet instead of the terminal. > > Have a look at <http://www.loginox.branox.com/> In my opening posting in this thread I stated that Loginox is currently incompatible with Snow Leopard, a fact that is prominently stated on the Loginox website. > > -- James Leo Ryan --- Austin, Texas
From: Stefan on 14 Sep 2009 08:43 TaliesinSoft wrote: >>> I''m running Snow Leopard (10.6.1) and would like to replace that >>> purplish space theme login screen with something more to my liking. >> It is a simple image in /System/Library/CoreServices >> DefaultDesktop.jpg > to use an applet that has a "foolbroof" Is it really too hard to drag and drop the desired file into that folder? (You will have to appropriately set the folder access rights in the informatioin window first.)
From: J.J. O'Shea on 14 Sep 2009 09:15 On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:26:11 -0400, TaliesinSoft wrote (in article <0001HW.C6D3A09300133066B01029BF(a)News.Individual.NET>): > On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:40:41 -0500, J.J. O'Shea wrote (in article > <h8l6j022d04(a)news7.newsguy.com>): > > [responding to my opening posting in this thread in which I stated] >> >>> I''m running Snow Leopard (10.6.1) and would like to replace that >>> purplish space theme login screen with something more to my liking. >>> >>> Prior to Snow Leopard I was using an applet called Loginox which did >>> exactly what I wanted, allowing me to switch between the default login >>> screen and one of my choosing. Unfortunately Loginox is not at this time > compatible with >>> Snow Leopard. >>> >>> I found another applet, Visage Login which purports to also allow >>> replacing the login screen with one of your own choosing and which is >>> stated to be Snow Leopard compatible. >>> >>> The problem I'm having is that although Visage Login does allow me to >>> specify an alternate login screen, when I log in instead of getting the > alternate >>> image all I see is a medium blue screen. >>> >>> Is anyone else using Visage Login and are they having success with it? If >>> so what is the secret? >> >> Loginox might help. > > Note that in the second paragraph of my opening posting I stated that I had > been using Loginox prior to trying Visage Login but that at this time it is > not compatible with Snow Leopard, something I witnessed when trying to use it > under Snow Leopard, and something that I then found stated on the Loginox > website. > > If both Loginox and Visage won't work for you, you're pretty much stuck with using the Terminal. -- email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com.
From: TaliesinSoft on 14 Sep 2009 09:39
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:43:17 -0500, Stefan wrote (in article <7d66e$4aae3a65$54497f6d$24891(a)news.hispeed.ch>): > TaliesinSoft wrote: > >>>> I''m running Snow Leopard (10.6.1) and would like to replace that >>>> purplish space theme login screen with something more to my liking. > >>> It is a simple image in /System/Library/CoreServices >>> DefaultDesktop.jpg > >> to use an applet that has a "foolbroof" > > Is it really too hard to drag and drop the desired file into that > folder? (You will have to appropriately set the folder access rights in > the informatioin window first.) Unfortunately dragging and dropping a new image into /System/Library/CoreServices/DefaultDesktop.jpg doesn't seem to work. After doing such, and when restarting, the original login screen is replaced with one that is just dark blue and not with the dragged and dropped jpg. If one then restores the original DefaultDesktop.jpg then following a restart that image appears. -- James Leo Ryan --- Austin, Texas |