Bug 511080

Summary:	Avatar applied in Users KCM is not shown in SDDM login manager
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	Patrick Silva <bugseforuns>
Component:	kcm_users	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	kdedev, uhhadd
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	regression
Version First Reported In:	6.5.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Patrick Silva 2025-10-25 10:07:58 UTC

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. open Users KCM
2. click on the current avatar and choose another one
3. apply the change - notice that the avatar was updated in Kickoff and lock screen, as expected
4. log out or reboot

OBSERVED RESULT
the avatar was not updated in the SDDM login manager; SDDM is still showing the avatar used before the provided steps instead.

EXPECTED RESULT
the avatar is updated in SDDM login manager after the provided steps

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0
Qt Version: 6.10.0
Graphics Platform: Wayland

Comment 1 TraceyC 2025-10-27 22:11:43 UTC

I'm not able to reproduce this on git-master, following those steps. After reboot, the new icon is shown on my system.
I'm also not able to reproduce on Neon testing with Plasma 6.5.0

Can you reproduce this with a brand new user?

Comment 2 Patrick Silva 2025-10-27 22:44:43 UTC

I have logged in with another user (created a few days ago), changed the avatar of both accounts in Users KCM; the avatar of the secondary account was updated in SDDM as expected, but the main user account is still not respecting the avatar applied in the KCM.

Comment 3 TraceyC 2025-10-28 14:25:29 UTC

Thanks for checking. This suggests that your existing user account has some configuration in it that's causing this issue. 

If you could identify which exact thing is causing it, we can determine which of those options it is. If not, then I don't think we'll be able to make any further progress here unfortunately. Your best bet is to diff the KDE related rc files under ~/.config/

Comment 4 Patrick Silva 2025-10-28 14:53:54 UTC

Solved after deleting .face and .face.icon files from home directory.

source: https://discuss.kde.org/t/my-avatar-doesnt-change/4369/6