I checked and I see the same behaviour als Sebastian & Ron. I selected "black" in the GUI settings for both the desktop background & gdm, but I still see a brownish background after loging in and before the desktop background is shown...
** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Confirmed -- [gutsy] Can not change default GNOME splash background color https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140821 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs