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originalsurfmex

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Registered: 2008-11-13

Posts: 150

can't get LightDM avatar instructions to work [solved]

I must be doing something wrong with getting my avatar into LightDM.  I followed the wiki (or at least i think i did).  I am using the default GTK greeter with a theme from my system.  Theme and greeter work fine.

Here are files I set up according to the Wiki

/var/lib/AccountsService/users/ray:

[User]
Language=en_US.utf8
XSession=xfce
Icon=/var/lib/AccountsService/icons/ray
SystemAccount=false

64x64png file:

/var/lib/AccountsService/icons/ray/ray.png

when i type `users` here is what i get:

$>users
ray ray

Last edited by originalsurfmex (2014-02-09 13:49:55)

Slithery

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From: Norfolk, UK

Registered: 2013-12-01

Posts: 5,776

Re: can't get LightDM avatar instructions to work [solved]

Shouldn't the icon png file be called...

/var/lib/AccountsService/icons/ray

not...

/var/lib/AccountsService/icons/ray/ray.png

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originalsurfmex

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Registered: 2008-11-13

Posts: 150

Re: can't get LightDM avatar instructions to work [solved]

Thanks very much, sometimes the "everything is a file" concept throws me.  It works.