From 747f5cf715805e16aca7cb7b75de7a26d4b8f905 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leonhard <leo.kargl@proton.me>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 01:18:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Use gala instead of the greeter compositor

---
 data/io.elementary.greeter.desktop.in | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/data/io.elementary.greeter.desktop.in b/data/io.elementary.greeter.desktop.in
index 4809815c..8d133f0f 100644
--- a/data/io.elementary.greeter.desktop.in
+++ b/data/io.elementary.greeter.desktop.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Name=Pantheon Greeter
 Comment=Pantheon Greeter
 Icon=io.elementary.greeter.settings
-Exec=@PROJECT_NAME@-compositor
+Exec=env GALA_SESSION_TYPE=greeter XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Pantheon gala --wayland
 Type=Application
 X-LightDM-Session-Type=wayland
 NoDisplay=true

From a5b8415008a7dd41bda8ee546097ab85bd3b92a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leonhard <leo.kargl@proton.me>
Date: Sun, 31 May 2026 00:26:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Use uri instead of path for the background settings

---
 src/Cards/UserCard.vala | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Cards/UserCard.vala b/src/Cards/UserCard.vala
index d60d00cd..6ca668d3 100644
--- a/src/Cards/UserCard.vala
+++ b/src/Cards/UserCard.vala
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ public class Greeter.UserCard : Greeter.BaseCard {
     public LightDM.User lightdm_user { get; construct; }
     public bool show_input { get; set; default = false; }
     public bool is_24h { get; set; default = true; }
-    // TODO: In Gtk4 remove this gesture and move it to MainWindow 
+    // TODO: In Gtk4 remove this gesture and move it to MainWindow
     public Gtk.GestureMultiPress click_gesture { get; private set; }
 
     private Pantheon.AccountsService greeter_act;
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ public class Greeter.UserCard : Greeter.BaseCard {
         Greeter.BackgroundImage background_image;
 
         var background_path = lightdm_user.background;
+        warning ("Set background path to %s", background_path);
         var background_exists = (
             background_path != null &&
             FileUtils.test (background_path, EXISTS) &&
@@ -319,7 +320,7 @@ public class Greeter.UserCard : Greeter.BaseCard {
         settings.set_value ("xkb-options", options);
     }
 
-    /* 
+    /*
      * When we get string typed settings from our settings daemon account service we might get a null value.
      * In this case we reset the value to avoid criticals and unwanted behaviour.
      */
@@ -378,7 +379,14 @@ public class Greeter.UserCard : Greeter.BaseCard {
 
         var background_settings = new GLib.Settings ("org.gnome.desktop.background");
         background_settings.set_enum ("picture-options", settings_act.picture_options);
-        set_or_reset_settings_key (background_settings, "picture-uri", lightdm_user.background);
+
+        try {
+            var uri = Filename.to_uri (lightdm_user.background, null);
+            set_or_reset_settings_key (background_settings, "picture-uri", uri);
+        } catch (Error e) {
+            critical ("Failed to set background URI: %s", e.message);
+        }
+
         set_or_reset_settings_key (background_settings, "primary-color", settings_act.primary_color);
     }
 

From c4aa68a98b92e7a145344278e8954dbc4e5bc9dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lenemter <lenemter@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 03:18:03 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] WIP

---
 data/Application.css | 9 ---------
 src/Application.vala | 2 --
 src/MainWindow.vala  | 7 ++-----
 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/data/Application.css b/data/Application.css
index de5f8631..8e510e28 100644
--- a/data/Application.css
+++ b/data/Application.css
@@ -3,15 +3,6 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
  */
 
-window.background {
-    opacity: 0;
-    transition: opacity 1s ease;
-}
-
-window.background.initialized {
-    opacity: 1;
-}
-
 .date,
 .time {
     color: #fff;
diff --git a/src/Application.vala b/src/Application.vala
index ba7440ee..03e0d8d2 100644
--- a/src/Application.vala
+++ b/src/Application.vala
@@ -106,8 +106,6 @@ public class Greeter.Application : Gtk.Application {
 
     public override void activate () {
         add_window (new Greeter.MainWindow (lightdm_greeter));
-        active_window.show_all ();
-        active_window.present ();
     }
 
     public static int main (string[] args) {
diff --git a/src/MainWindow.vala b/src/MainWindow.vala
index 616ae938..96edbbc1 100644
--- a/src/MainWindow.vala
+++ b/src/MainWindow.vala
@@ -187,11 +187,8 @@ public class Greeter.MainWindow : Gtk.ApplicationWindow {
              * at boot.  TODO: Find whether boot sequence can be tweaked to fix this.
              */
             Timeout.add (500, () => {
-                get_style_context ().add_class ("initialized");
-
-                if (current_card != null) {
-                    current_card.grab_focus ();
-                }
+                current_card?.grab_focus ();
+                show_all ();
 
                 return Source.REMOVE;
             });