I3wm - which login do I have and how to change background?

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Hi,

I installed i3 and probably chose which login manager but cant for the life of me remember which one

I cant usually remember what I had for breakfast, so nothing unusual there

How can I find out, and how then to change background on login screen?

please!

Thanks

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you can use pacman to help determine what applications are on your system by creating a list of all installed packages.

3

i3wm default setup uses LightDM as a display manager with slick-greeter as a graphical “front-end”.
If you haven’t changed anything during install process, you should have it on board as well.

I don’t remember if slick-greeter uses a GUI settings app, but according to documentation, you should be able to configure it with a config file:

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Thanks!

sudo nano /etc/lightdm/slick-greeter.conf

background=/home/leigh/Backgrounds/default-tile.png
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Be aware that the Mint GUI edit front-end for slick-greeter is only available via AUR. You may not want to use it, even though it is a solid piece of software.