Ask Ubuntu Asked on November 21, 2021
I would like to display an image of my choice instead of the grey icon above my username on the login screen:
No doubt there is a setting for this somewhere, but I have failed to find it so far.
How do I change user images in the SDDM greeter?
Useful for testing — you can use this command to preview the login screen without logging out.
sudo nano /etc/sddm.conf
Under block [Theme]
.
[Theme]
EnableAvatars=true
FacesDir=/usr/share/sddm/faces
I named my picture my-user-name.face.icon
, so I don't mix it with user-pictures from other users.
Answered by nobody on November 21, 2021
This answer was provided in comment first by @yfluK
I'll suggest you look up the manual, ie. https://manual.lubuntu.me/stable/3/3.1/3.1.9/sddm_configuration.html?highlight=face%20icon
To change the picture for your user when you login simply copy the file you want as your user picture to in your home folder with the name
.face.icon
.
The file is located in ~ (your user directory)
Answered by guiverc on November 21, 2021
There is a good guide for this on https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SDDM#Installation
User icon (avatar) SDDM reads the user icon (a.k.a. "avatar") as a PNG image from either ~/.face.icon for each user, or the common location for all users specified by FacesDir in an SDDM configuration file. The configuration setting can be placed in either /etc/sddm.conf directly, or, better, a file under /etc/sddm.conf.d/ such as /etc/sddm.conf.d/avatar.conf.
To use the FacesDir location option, place a PNG image for each user named username.face.icon at the location specified by the FacesDir key in the configuration file. The default location for FacesDir is /usr/share/sddm/faces/. You can change the default FacesDir location to suit your needs. Here is an example:
/etc/sddm.conf.d/avatar.conf [Theme] FacesDir=/var/lib/AccountsService/icons/
I Just kept the pic I wanted in /usr/share/sddm/faces/
with the name <user-name>.face.icon
As per the wiki it seems only .png files are supported.
Answered by UnKNOWn on November 21, 2021
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