Replacing Login Screen
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From: Tom Stiller on 14 Sep 2009 15:51 In article <002a6d27$0$32510$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > >> If you were not adverse to using the Terminal, you could: > >> defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow \ > >> DesktopPicture </path/to/replacement/image/file.jpg> > > BTW: > > defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow > { > OptimizerLastRunForBuild = 21053184; > OptimizerLastRunForSystem = 168165632; > RetriesUntilHint = 3; > lastUser = loggedIn; > lastUserName = myusername; > } > > > So it looks like by default, there isn't a "DesktopPicture" entry in > that plist. Right. It's also the case that a change on login screen made with defaults write survives system updates, at least mine did. -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF
From: Steve Hix on 15 Sep 2009 00:13 In article <7h8ar0F2sgld0U1(a)mid.individual.net>, Tim Lance <nope(a)nada.com> wrote: > On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:16:55 -0500, TaliesinSoft wrote > (in article <0001HW.C6D3BA870002BA60B01029BF(a)News.Individual.NET>): > > > On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:52:22 -0500, Tim Lance wrote > > (in article <7h704mF2pvtfqU1(a)mid.individual.net>): > > > > [responding to my having asked] > > > >>> Is anyone else using Visage Login and are they having success with it? If > >>> so what is the secret? > > > >> Yeah, proper name, type, and size works here. > > > > Could you elaborate? I'm a licensed user of Visage Login and have it placed > > in the Applications folder. It allows me to drag an image into the > > "background", but when I then select "Save" that image disappears. The > > image > > dragged in has the name DefaultDesktop, its type is .jpg, and its size is > > 2560 by 1600. > > The problem may be the app and not the image. Also, to nit pick, you say the > name is Default dektop when the name should be DefaultDesktop.jpg. > > What I do ... > -find an image I want to use > -rename it Default Dektop.jpg Gotta drop that extra space ... :} > -put it into /System/Library/CoreServices > -reboot
From: TaliesinSoft on 15 Sep 2009 00:32 On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:01:04 -0500, Tim Lance wrote (in article <7h8ar0F2sgld0U1(a)mid.individual.net>): [responding to my having stated] >> I'm a licensed user of Visage Login and have it placed in the >> Applications folder. It allows me to drag an image into the "background", >> but when I then select "Save" that image disappears. The image dragged in >> has the name DefaultDesktop, its type is .jpg, and its size is 2560 by >> 1600. > The problem may be the app and not the image. Also, to nit pick, you say > the name is Default dektop when the name should be DefaultDesktop.jpg. > > What I do ... > > -find an image I want to use> > > -rename it Default Dektop.jpg > > -put it into /System/Library/CoreServices -reboot After posting the above I discovered that Visage Login will only work if run from an administrative account and not a user account. When run from an administrator it works just fine, taking a JPG file, regardless of name, and using that to create the login screen. -- James Leo Ryan --- Austin, Texas
From: Stefan on 15 Sep 2009 07:30 TaliesinSoft wrote: > After posting the above I discovered that Visage Login will only work if run > from an administrative account and not a user account. Which is no surprise, regarding the access rights to system files.
From: TaliesinSoft on 15 Sep 2009 09:14
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:30:29 -0500, Stefan wrote (in article <38ed9$4aaf7ad5$54497f6d$1768(a)news.hispeed.ch>): > TaliesinSoft wrote: >> After posting the above I discovered that Visage Login will only work if >> run from an administrative account and not a user account. > > Which is no surprise, regarding the access rights to system files. Interestingly, I just now checked and Visage Login is now able to work from both administrative and user accounts. That it now does so is possibly a result of my uninstalling and reinstalling it. If run from a user account you are asked to supply the identity and password for an administrator account. So now, as I take a deep breath, it seems that Visage Login is working properly! :-) -- James Leo Ryan --- Austin, Texas |