When logging into Ubuntu or most any GNOME-based Linux system, users
see a blank one-color screen until the actual desktop is loaded—which
can make one feel like somethings broken, or at least make your boot
experience less fluid. One intrepid Ubuntu hacker, however, shows how
to banish the blank screen and have GNOME display your chosen
background image or color right away. The tutorial requires installing
an "xloadimage" package in Ubuntu, but the open-source package is
available in many distributions.<br>
<div><a target="_blank" href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=753261">HOWTO: (GDM) Show the user wallpaper/background color, while logging in </a> [Ubuntu Forums]</div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Umbrella Corporation :-<br>
"They are the fear within all of that there is a company. The Corporation controlling everything that is Umbrella.<br>A combination of Microsoft and the US Military. At some level there is a board of directors who meet once a<br>
month and decide all of our fates."<br>-- Jeremy Bolt - Producer - Resident Evil : Apocalypse