Is it possible to show your user/profile picture on the login/greeting screen in Ubuntu 14.04? I don't mean change the background image. Rather, I would like to add a small user/account picture that would appear alongside the username when signing in. Can this be done in Lightdm, GDM, or Ubuntu Tweak?
Ubuntu – Add account picture to Ubuntu login/greeting screen
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Best Answer
To add your account picture, type
User Accounts
in the dashboard. Click on the application and when it opens, select the account for which you want to change picture. On the right hand side your user account details appear where you can change your picture by selecting one from your computer or by taking a picture with your camera.The default
unity-greeter
on Ubuntu doesn't seem to be able to show your avatar on the login screen but it does show on the lock screen.Install
lightdm-gtk-greeter
by typing on the terminal:sudo apt-get install lightdm-gtk-greeter
Then edit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-unity-greeter.conf as root. To do that type on the terminal
sudo gedit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-unity-greeter.conf
Replace
by
and save the file.
Now select an image of your choice, and rename it as
.face
(without any extension) and place it in your home directory. Now reboot to see the changes.