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Fix background image is not applied in LightDM GTK Greeter

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Changing background image in LightDM GTK Greeter

Using the background config entry in /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf in Arch Linux has no effect if the specified path is something different than /usr/share/background/FILENAME

So the fix is to create the path and to move your wallpaper there.

sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/backgrounds
sudo cp /home/USERNAME/Downloads/wallpaper.png /usr/share/backgrounds

Now edit your greeter.conf to the new path - theme-name, icon-theme-name and font-name are optional

[greeter]
background=/usr/share/backgrounds/wallpaper.png
theme-name=Arc-Dark
icon-theme-name=Numix Circle
font-name=Noto Sans

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