KDE4 Plasma Version 4.14.9 - System Administration Version 4.11.20 - openSUSE 13.2 When a system-wide User Icon for the KDM Login Screen is set-up, the icon file is written to /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/ with the file name "faces<user-name>.face.icon". I am using non-KDE icon files for the system-wide user's login icon. Renaming the file to "<user-name>.face.icon" and moving it to the directory /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/faces/ is the current work-around that I'm using. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open "System Settings". 2. Choose "System Administration". 3. Choose "Login Screen". 4. With "User's Pictures" choose an icon file (non-KDE) for the user's login system-wide icon. Actual Results: The individual user's login icon file is placed in the directory /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/ with the file name "faces<user-name>.face.icon". Expected Results: The individual user's login icon file should be placed in the directory /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/faces/ with the file name "<user-name>.face.icon". Normal up-to-date openSUSE 13.2 system with KDE4 Plasma.
The kdm login manager is no longer maintained by KDE developers. In Plasma 5, we recommend to use the SDDM login manager.