Hello, Just switched to my systems to Ubuntu budgie. Have everything working and themed great. I have also ran updates and upgrades. Now I want to change my user picture to a photo of each user. I can change to the included images just fine. But as soon as I try to use a custom photo the file exp…

Hi and welcome! This is a known issue, with a fix in the works. [image] 24.04.1 budgie-control-center can't select user picture from other location This is waiting for this SRU to be released See the comments at the end about when it will be released In the mean…

Hi, a dirty workaround is to save your picture in /usr/share/pixmaps/budgie-faces (better if between 96x96 px and 512x512 px, in my opinion): this way you’ll find it among those Budgie suggests you. Cheers

My bet on this… cd /usr/share/pixmaps sudo ln -s faces budgie-faces/ ( well it was just a bet and does not solve the issue )

Another just-a-bet to try. [image] puffettacicciottella: a dirty workaround is to save your picture in /usr/share/pixmaps/budgie-faces Maybe less dirty : ~/.local/share/pixmaps/budgie-faces to avoid sudo requiring ?

Fresh install can't seem to change user photo?

jlb October 17, 2024, 6:45am 5

Anyway, your workaround is cleaner than mine, and multi-user. Brava, @puffettacicciottella!

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