Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:27:35 +0200 From: Giuseppe Giannuzzi <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:beppeg@gmail.com">beppeg@gmail.com</a>> Subject: Re: How to change login user picture To: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:aphukan@fedoraproject.org">aphukan@fedoraproject.org</a>, For users of Fedora <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com"> fedora-list@redhat.com</a>> Message-ID: <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:466C4297.2010009@gmail.com">466C4297.2010009@gmail.com</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed >Amitakhya Phukan wrote: >> hi! >> >> Giuseppe Giannuzzi wrote: >> >>> Thanks Frank, >>> >>> it works! >>> Actually I was using KDE and Control Center without success. >>> So that means that default splash login is a gnome application >>> and KDE users have no control on it. >>> >>> >> from your reply, does login screen depend on kdm and gdm ? i think it >> does. so that if you are using gdm, kde control center can't have any >> effect. hope i am right. >> >> regards, >> amit. >> >As I said, I'm using KDE so I guess I'm using kdm: correct? >I tried to change user picture by Control Center but no change at login >screen. >Then I tried to logon using Gnome session following Frank suggestion and >finally I >changed user picture (same result launching gnome-about-me in a kde >session). >So I draw the conclusion that picture changing is a Gnome privilege but >I hope I went wrong in my calculations! > >Regards, >Beppe Hi, I also use KDE and was able to change my login photo by running gdmphotosetup. I added it to my KDE menu and can now change my photo at will. Mathias