How to change default lock screen?
 

Guys I really like blue and black Maemo Alpha theme , i got bored splashing waters and now i want to change lock screen image , you know the one that comes when you hit power button..Is it even possible? can someone give me a link or a thread? or write the code i need to enter?

Thanks in advance :)

Re: How to change default lock screen?
 

anyone? :)

Re: How to change default lock screen?
 

Patience. Patience. Patience. Or do a search. I would have thought that something like this would be documented somewhere.

Re: How to change default lock screen?
 

Yes it is possible.
If you are still using the alpha theme then the image you need to replace is called lockslider.png and you can ftp to it if you have rootsh installed and just drag and drop your replacement image there.
The filepath is
/usr/share/themes/alpha/backgrounds

Re: How to change default lock screen?
 

Thanks Peter oh I mean shazosbourne :D

so can you tell me if this is a correct way to do? I'm still learning Linux :)
and then the file that I've created
Is this how I do it?:rolleyes:

Re: How to change default lock screen?
 

LOL when you did the first step you overwrite the one you created:D Move it to another directory then copy your own one from the second command you posted.

EDIT: Second command needs to be this

Re: How to change default lock screen?
 

Well I am not great with xterm but I think if you create a new image to your liking called lockslider.png and put it in MyDocs/myfolder then you would just need to

cp /home/user/MyDocs/myfolder/lockslider.png /usr/share/themes/alpha/backgrounds

In all seriousness, download and install Winscp connect to your n900 using that. Assuming you have a wireless network to use. So much easier if you want to go changing icons and backgrounds etc.
I might make a youtube video on how to do it as I am surprised at how many people don't use it.

Re: How to change default lock screen?
 

Yeah that would work too,but if he first moves it off to another directory, he will have a backup handy in case he wishes to revert to original;)

Re: How to change default lock screen?
 

Thanks guys I will do it;) basically this is the background I've created and now I want to match it with wallpapers :D

Re: How to change default lock screen?
 

Good thinking 99.

Re: How to change default lock screen?
 

It would really help a lot of people :)

Re: How to change default lock screen?
 

Until then, refer the link below to get a primer on what needs to be done.
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=41422
Do step A(Wifi one)

Re: How to change default lock screen?
 

please i need to know how to change lockslider wallpaper in exact steps using xterm becouse i dont know any thing about linux and i do just as u said ,i create a folder called myfolder and put the wallpaper in it and i rename it lockslider.png & i open xterm & write mv/usr/share/themes/alpha/backgrounds/lockslider.png/home/user/MyDocs/myfolder then i wrote cp/home/user/MyDocs/myfolder/lockslider.png/usr/share/themes/alpha/backgrounds but it says sh /..../.... not found so i want to know whats wrong and i want to know can i replace the png by jpeg thank u in advance ,please answer me

Re: How to change default lock screen?
 

no you cant replace .png with jpeg
but you can use simple programs like paint in windows to chnage the format
assuming you wrote the command exactly like that which is wrong as
there is a space between the cp and /home
it should look like this
all in one command

Re: How to change default lock screen?
 

Hi, I have a problem I put a picture of lockslider.png. In / opt / usr / share / themes / alpha / backgrounds and each time you reboot the phone again which had by default. You can tell me why?

Re: How to change default lock screen?
 

You have Maenotify instsalled which overwrites your custom image from it's own cache.