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    Question Change profile picture (GDM2) in Xubuntu Karmic

    Hello,

    I know this is a quite stupid question but I cannot find the solution.
    I would like to change the user picture that is displayed when GDM is loaded.
    I read that for Ubuntu you only need to go in System/aboutMe. In xfce I don't have this menu.

    Thank you for the replies.

    P.S. I think believe that also put a jpg somewhere like ~/.profilepicturegdm2... would work but I don't know the right directory in this case.

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    Re: Change profile picture (GDM2) in Xubuntu Karmic

    Quote Originally Posted by mallo View Post
    Hello,

    I know this is a quite stupid question but I cannot find the solution.
    I would like to change the user picture that is displayed when GDM is loaded.
    I read that for Ubuntu you only need to go in System/aboutMe. In xfce I don't have this menu.

    Thank you for the replies.

    P.S. I think believe that also put a jpg somewhere like ~/.profilepicturegdm2... would work but I don't know the right directory in this case.
    I put my pic in my home with the name:
    .face

    bye
    Last edited by freed81; November 18th, 2009 at 11:25 PM.

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    Re: Change profile picture (GDM2) in Xubuntu Karmic

    i put a jpg a png a user.face a .face a .face.png a .face.jpg but nothing works... what was the complete filename and extension, please

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    Angry Re: Change profile picture (GDM2) in Xubuntu Karmic

    It sounds so easy, just put a jpg file named ".face" in your home directory.

    Trouble is, sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't!
    Why is this so troublesome? Anybody have the absolute lowdown
    alwaysgonnawork answer?


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    Re: Change profile picture (GDM2) in Xubuntu Karmic

    why does changing the user profile picture have to be so user unfriendly? Its just a profile picture...

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    Exclamation Re: Change profile picture (GDM2) in Xubuntu Karmic

    I to use Xubuntu 10.04 lucid xfce with a few gnome I got ubuntu tweak and got it to change my back ground screen at login. But yet to change the logo above user switcher/login ... The Distro logo i believe. I also wanted to change my user account photo but yet to stumble across the soluntion to change these for more customization of distro.

    I am not sure why but i have tried these things and to no avail have not gain any progress.

    1. make file *size=64x64* named .face placed in to home folder.

    2. Used ubuntu tweak to change the icon.

    3. Placed picture in usr/share/pixmaps/faces

    4. I even installed "About Myself" hoping that it could be that easy...

    5. I also have googled my but off tring to find a solution....

    So as you see I have tried and treid but nothing seems to work.... I don't know if it is xfce causeing this issue or gdm. all i know is that it should be pretty simple to do but has to be a little complicated to make you work for it....... so with that any help on this topic would be great........

    Thanks... Your pal in openSource.

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    Re: Change profile picture (GDM2) in Xubuntu Karmic

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