Initial login screen after boot doesn't honor yaru-theme colors

[tanshkoul]

Expected Behavior

When a user initially boots their system and logs in, the login screen uses their chosen yaru color

Actual Behavior
When a user initially boots their system and logs in, the login screen uses the default ubuntu orange color

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

1. Boot system
2. Hover over the user on the login screen or toggle notifications
3. You will see the accent color being orange instead of the accent color preferred by the user i.e blue, pink etc

System information

GNOME Shell 46.0
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Release: 24.04
Codename: noble

Yaru version

Package: yaru-theme-gnome-shell
Version: 24.04.2-0ubuntu1

Upstream check

Using gnome-session gives the default blue upstream color.

[tanshkoul]

Hi @Muqtxdir @Feichtmeier

Sorry for the ping, I just wanted to follow up on this issue to bring your attention to it since it is a UX issue and would be amazing if it can be worked out before the point release. Thanks!

[Feichtmeier]

Hi @Muqtxdir @Feichtmeier

Sorry for the ping, I just wanted to follow up on this issue to bring your attention to it since it is a UX issue and would be amazing if it can be worked out before the point release. Thanks!

As far as I remember this is not possible

Gnome shell login screen is kinda special. It's a small gnome shell itself, with only one UI page. So you can style it one time, but it doesn't care what happens in the next (the real) gnome shell after login

[tanshkoul]

got it, thanks for clarifying. hopefully in the future gnome versions!

[tanshkoul]

@Feichtmeier hi there! i was wondering with gnome 47 now supporting accent colors, if a work around is possible for the said issue. Currently using 24.10 dev branch.

[Muqtxdir]

hey @tanshkoul

apologies, seeing this one now. I'll checkout upstream gnome 47 shortly some time around this weekend to see if this type of scenario is considered or not.

p.s. ithink we are way past the freeze right now for 24.10? so not sure how this goes

[Feichtmeier]

I don't know if anything changed there at the tech of GNOME
I think GDE is still just a second mini GNOME shell spawned by system d, which then spawns the real gnome shell which can be customized. I think the upstream shell just has backed in blue accent for this mini gnome shell GDE and our slight modification has the orange
I maybe @3v1n0 could clarify here :P

[tanshkoul]

interesting, an upstream change in gnome shell login screen would certainly make it easier to push out this change. since the freeze date is well past for 24.10, hopefully it can be landed in the next update for more consistency :D

[tanshkoul]

@Muqtxdir Hi! Is this scenario considered for the upcoming Ubuntu release? Now that GNOME 47 has built in accent colors. I believe a fix for this would allow for a more consistent accent theming for Ubuntu.