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digitalone

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Registered: 2011-08-19

Posts: 346

[SOLVED] No user icon after changing username in SDDM

Hello, I changed username and home directory name. User icon was showing in SDDM with the previous name, but now I'm not getting it.

I know SDDM could not have permissions, but I did

setfacl -m u:sddm:x /home/oldusername
setfacl -m u:sddm:x /home/newusername/
setfacl -m u:sddm:x /home/newusername/.face
setfacl -m u:sddm:x /home/newusername/.face.icon

"/home/oldusername" and "/home/newusername/.face.icon" are symlink.

But the icon won't show into SDDM. Any tips? Should I change login manager?

Last edited by digitalone (2019-03-27 07:35:46)

d_fajardo

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Registered: 2017-07-28

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Re: [SOLVED] No user icon after changing username in SDDM

Does your UID and the MinimumUID in /etc/sddm.conf tallies?

digitalone

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Registered: 2011-08-19

Posts: 346

Re: [SOLVED] No user icon after changing username in SDDM

Does your UID and the MinimumUID in /etc/sddm.conf tallies?

Yes, it does. Changing username does not change UID.

digitalone

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Registered: 2011-08-19

Posts: 346

Re: [SOLVED] No user icon after changing username in SDDM

SDDM does not read from home user directories, even if it has access permission. Default location is "/usr/share/sddm/faces/".