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lunacore

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Registered: 2026-08-02

Posts: 2

I can't change my profile picture.

I am using a GNOME desktop environment. When I go to System > Users and change my profile picture, it just doesn't work and the profile picture is never changed, even with the stock icons.
I checked using systemctl -f and this is the results:
Aug 02 19:03:41 archlinux gnome-control-center[28553]: SetIconFile call failed: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.Accounts.Error.Failed: creating temporary icon file failed: Read-only file system

this triggers everytime i try to switch the profile picture graphically

as a workaround, i tried
busctl call org.freedesktop.Accounts /org/freedesktop/Accounts/User${UID} org.freedesktop.Accounts.User SetIconFile s /path/to/image.jpg
but it resulted in
Call failed: creating temporary icon file failed: Read-only file system

Last edited by lunacore (2026-08-02 11:05:59)

lunacore

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Registered: 2026-08-02

Posts: 2

Re: I can't change my profile picture.

EDIT: I solved it by just updating it. It turns out the accounts-service daemon my Arch installer comes with is extremely old.

5hridhyan

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Registered: 2025-12-25

Posts: 1,105

Re: I can't change my profile picture.

Great.

Please always remember to mark resolved topic as [Solved] by editing initial post's subject, so others might find a solution.
Thanks