ubuntu 9.10 bootup programme

Something like this

http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/desktop+background+as+xsplash+%2B+gdm?content=114984&PHPSESSID=183f5f0adfa276aa6310278b4caa0979

Thank you, wojox, for the suggestion. I followed the links but and also
the instructions to download and install the xsplash screens. I think I
followed the instructions correctly but the script is not functioning. I
need a little more step by step help.

Okay what this does is it will load whatever current wallpaper your using.

Create a folder in your user directory called scripts.

Move the package into that folder. ( Drag and Drop )

You need to extract it ( right click extract here ) and make it executable ( right click file and select properties > permissions > execute )

Open the terminal ( Applications > Accessories > Terminal ) and enter;

cd scripts

Then run in the terminal:

./wallpaper_daemon.py --install

Add wallpaper_daemon.py to the Startup Applications ( System > Preferences > Startup Applications)
Click Add
Name: Wallpaper
Command: Browse to the scripts folder and select wallpaper_daemon.py
Comment: xsplash screen
Click Add and Close

Logout or reboot

wojox wrote:
> Your question #90435 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/90435
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> wojox proposed the following answer:
> Okay what this does is it will load whatever current wallpaper your
> using.
>
> Create a folder in your user directory called scripts.
>
> Move the package into that folder. ( Drag and Drop )
>
> You need to extract it ( right click extract here ) and make it
> executable ( right click file and select properties > permissions >
> execute )
>
> Open the terminal ( Applications > Accessories > Terminal ) and enter;
>
> cd scripts
>
> Then run in the terminal:
>
> ./wallpaper_daemon.py --install
>
> Add wallpaper_daemon.py to the Startup Applications ( System > Preferences > Startup Applications)
> Click Add
> Name: Wallpaper
> Command: Browse to the scripts folder and select wallpaper_daemon.py
> Comment: xsplash screen
> Click Add and Close
>
> Logout or reboot
>

wojox, I have tried to do as you direct. I downloaded to the desktop,
extracted there. But then I run into difficulties - sorry - as to how to
create a folder into the user directory. But I have made such a folder
in the home. The package is transferred and extracted there, but how do
I make it executable? It is already checked as allow file as executable.

Running cd scripts brings the response - no such file or folder. Please
guide me further. Thanks.

You still have the downloaded archive on your desktop?

Trying to make it easier to follow, this is the list of necessary steps as listed above:

- Go to the menu "Places" and click on "Home Folder".
- Create a folder named "scripts" in there. Remeber, all lower case.
- Copy or move the archive you still have from the desktop into the folder "scripts" you just created.
- Extract it there and make the extracted file "wallpaper_daemon.py" executable.
- Open a terminal via "Applications" -> "Accessories" -> "Terminal".
- Now in the terminal window do a "cd ~/scripts". If "~" is difficult to enter, you might try "cd /home/<your_username_here>/scripts".
- Do a "./wallpaper_daemon.py --install".
- Open in menu "System" -> "Preferences" -> "Startup Applications".
- Add the entry as describe above by clicking "Add" and entering in the new Window: The name "Wallpaper", Give it whatever comment you like and click on "Browse" next the the line asking for the command.
- Now you should be able to click on the folder scripts to open it. Then click on "wallpaper_daemon.py" in there.
- Confirm the selection by clicking on "OK" to select the script (wallpaper_daemon.py) and another "OK" to really add the entry.
- Log out.
- Log in again.

I think then you should be in business of having the login screen background and the wallpaper being the same all the time.

Stefan Eggers wrote:
> Your question #90435 on xsplash in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xsplash/+question/90435
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Stefan Eggers proposed the following answer:
> You still have the downloaded archive on your desktop?
>
> Trying to make it easier to follow, this is the list of necessary steps
> as listed above:
>
> - Go to the menu "Places" and click on "Home Folder".
> - Create a folder named "scripts" in there. Remeber, all lower case.
> - Copy or move the archive you still have from the desktop into the folder "scripts" you just created.
> - Extract it there and make the extracted file "wallpaper_daemon.py" executable.
> - Open a terminal via "Applications" -> "Accessories" -> "Terminal".
> - Now in the terminal window do a "cd ~/scripts". If "~" is difficult to enter, you might try "cd /home/<your_username_here>/scripts".
> - Do a "./wallpaper_daemon.py --install".
> - Open in menu "System" -> "Preferences" -> "Startup Applications".
> - Add the entry as describe above by clicking "Add" and entering in the new Window: The name "Wallpaper", Give it whatever comment you like and click on "Browse" next the the line asking for the command.
> - Now you should be able to click on the folder scripts to open it. Then click on "wallpaper_daemon.py" in there.
> - Confirm the selection by clicking on "OK" to select the script (wallpaper_daemon.py) and another "OK" to really add the entry.
> - Log out.
> - Log in again.
>
> I think then you should be in business of having the login screen
> background and the wallpaper being the same all the time.
>
> Thank you,Stefan, for this guidance. I have acted upon it and it is set up. In operation, at start up, I have the ubuntu screen, the one in brown, and the moving bar line, then comes the the background screen with ubuntu and the moving bar line. That is fine since I am not having the floodlight ubuntu screen. Please confirm that this is correct since I get the impression that there should be only one login screen.

That sounds right Stefan. Your getting the Splash screen with the Ubuntu logo and moving bar. Then it switches to your wallpaper with the moving bar. And then your wallpaper with the login screen. Does it resemble this video?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPlbE_sUyVg

You could also add complete themes from here:

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/nice-themes-for-ubuntu-9-10-karmic-users.html

If you wanted something more.