What is the simplest way to change the login background in Fedora (17)?

Question

I want to change the login screen of my Fedora 17 box. I found some instructions on the web saying a lot about manually editing gconf settings:

$ su -
$ su - gdm -s /bin/bash
$ `dbus-launch | sed "s/^/export /"`
$ GSETTINGS_BACKEND=dconf gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri "file:///usr/share/backgrounds/<filename>"

Isn't there a simpler way?

Answer 1

Here is a simple way without installing additional packages:

$ su -
$ xhost +si:localuser:gdm
$ sudo -u gdm gnome-control-center

Answer 2

Chaange the image in the directory

/usr/share/backgrounds/beefy-miracle/default/wide/beefy-miracle.png  

Answer 3

Why do all that work? why not just change: /usr/share/backgrounds/beefy-miracle/default/wide/beefy-miracle.png to the image you want?

Answer 4

Give this a shot. I was trying the method you listed yesterday, and after running this file, I got everything working! I don't know if I had to take some of the steps listed above, or if this thing will run right out of the package, but its worth a shot!

It's called gdm3setup, and if you click view raw on the website attached, it should download as an .rpm file and you should be able to install it with the package installer. Way easier.

Also attached is a screenshot of the running program, there are some pretty cool things to tweak in there!