Xfce 4.10 in Fedora 18?

[BBQdave]

Originally Posted by StephenH

The other big need is to have a working keyboard LED indicator like LXDE has. That is vital when one has a keyboard without indicator LEDs. Right now, neither Xfce 4.08 nor 4.10 have one.

Not as big of a need, but those of you trying Xfce 4.10 in Fedora, is there a way to have a picture associated with your user account? Or a way to change the login icon so there is not a blank figure?

Ya I know, not a big deal. And I apologize if there is a simple well known way to adjust this, I have had no luck in discovering a simple way to configure. Duckduckgo just shows information on modifying gdm. Not looking for major modifications, just want to get rid of the blank-figure that bugs me when I log in

[secipolla]

That's a GDM thing. Just saying that for F18 Xfce spin will probably have something else (I use LXDM and it works just as well as GDM, without the dependency dragging).
Older GDMs used a ~/.face image.

[BBQdave]

Originally Posted by secipolla

That's a GDM thing. Just saying that for F18 Xfce spin will probably have something else (I use LXDM and it works just as well as GDM, without the dependency dragging).
Older GDMs used a ~/.face image.

Yeah, I looked for .face image or similar to replace, could not find. I figured it was the default of gdm to display the user with blank icon. Not sure why you would display a blank icon without the option to change it? I would suggest a simple listing of user names

[secipolla]

Well, you need to add a .face file.

[PabloTwo]

Originally Posted by BBQdave

Ya I know, not a big deal. And I apologize if there is a simple well known way to adjust this, I have had no luck in discovering a simple way to configure. Duckduckgo just shows information on modifying gdm. Not looking for major modifications, just want to get rid of the blank-figure that bugs me when I log in

Good luck with that. I've been trying off and on in F16/Xfce with gdm to get the login greeter to show an image other than the default faceless face icon ever since it's been installed.

~/.face.... doesn't work
/usr/share/pixmaps/faces/paul[.jpg].... doesn't work
/var/lib/AccountsService/icons/paul.jpg... doesn't work

Perhaps some proper edit to /var/lib/AccountsService/users/paul will do.. but I haven't found a guide yet for valid entries.
Various edits to /etc/gdm/custom.conf as suggested from scouring the web... doesn't work.

Maybe it's easy, but I haven't found it yet.

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OK.. got it. Just did some more searching and found the magic bullet to change image in gdm login screen in Xfce/F16.

Edit /var/lib/AccountsService/users/yourusername and add the line:

Icon=/path/to/image.

After doing this edit I tried just logging out and back in (without a reboot) and nothing changed. After a reboot, my new face image appeared in the gdm login screen.

[Bazu135]

Originally Posted by PabloTwo

OK.. got it. Just did some more searching and found the magic bullet to change image in gdm login screen in Xfce/F16.

Edit /var/lib/AccountsService/users/yourusername and add the line:

Icon=/path/to/image.

After doing this edit I tried just logging out and back in (without a reboot) and nothing changed. After a reboot, my new face image appeared in the gdm login screen.

Worked for me too

One point worth noting; I put the icon in my home folder initially, which didn't work. I copied it into /usr and pointed the link there instead, and presto!

[PabloTwo]

In my post above I referred to "/usr/share/icons/face/", but meant to say "/usr/share/pixmaps/faces/", now corrected. I pointed to the image I put in /usr/share/pixmaps/faces/".

[BBQdave]

Originally Posted by PabloTwo

OK.. got it. Just did some more searching and found the magic bullet to change image in gdm login screen in Xfce/F16.

Edit /var/lib/AccountsService/users/yourusername and add the line:

Icon=/path/to/image.

After doing this edit I tried just logging out and back in (without a reboot) and nothing changed. After a reboot, my new face image appeared in the gdm login screen.

Thanks much for this information Pablo Two. I now have a login picture related to my user account, Thanks again