Version: (using KDE 4.2.1) OS: Linux Installed from: Unlisted Binary Package the message "cannot open default user face" written in the /var/log/daemon.log ist not very usefull, takes place in the log-file without necessary. The distribution should be completed with the directory /usr/share/apps/kdm/faces and the two files /usr/share/apps/kdm/faces/.default.face.icon /usr/share/apps/kdm/faces/root.face.icon
a "make install" from source will do that. file a bug with your distribution. i'll make the message somewhat more informative, but that won't solve the problem as such.
Here is the downstream bug report: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13954 Of course "make install" is used to create the package. Anyway the icons are installed under /usr/share/apps/kdm/pics/users/. I wonder if this is a bug at all (everything works fine). Was the path /usr/share/apps/kdm/faces/ used by KDE3?
I never used KDE3. I just begun a few days ago. I get only the actual binaries. Some icons are really installed under /usr/share/apps/kdm/pics/users/ ls -l /usr/share/apps/kdm/pics/users/ total 112 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11836 May 29 2008 Blackbox.png -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12637 May 29 2008 Green.png -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20175 May 29 2008 Happy.png -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14774 May 29 2008 Listening.png -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9303 May 29 2008 Notme.png -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10530 May 29 2008 TV.png -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3031 Jun 18 2008 bomb.png -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1830 Oct 30 15:13 default1.png -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4645 Jan 5 2008 default2.png -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3949 Jan 5 2008 default3.png -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2138 Oct 30 15:13 root1.png but the greeter is looking elsewhere such I have written on my first call.
pics/users/ are the available, not the configured faces. genkdmconf will create the default and root face during make install. if it doesn't, then somehow the distributor screwed up.
SVN commit 949684 by ossi: complain more clearly about inaccessible/missing user images CCBUG: 188033 M +38 -9 kgreeter.cpp WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=949684
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