I cannot change greeter background lightdm

I change in /etc/lightdm/slick-greeter.conf

background=/home/pal/tiger.jpg

systemctl restart lightdm

But see only points and window for name and password

I think you need to have the picture in a folder that isn’t user specific. Its been a long time since I’ve messed with changing the background however it does seem I had to place them in /usr/share/backgrounds. (may have had to create the folder can’t remember)

Note
It is recommended to place the PNG or JPG file in /usr/share/pixmaps since the LightDM user needs read access to the wallpaper file.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/LightDM#Changing_background_images/colors

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thats the folder :joy:

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