Created attachment 169755 [details] A Screencast Demonstrating That The User Data Cannot Be Modified SUMMARY When authenticated as the superuser, the Users KCM displays the avatar selection psuedo-window, yet does not enable the user to modify the avatar for the account. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Name the superuser `root`. 2. Log in as the superuser via SDDM. 3. * 1. Invoke `systemsettings` 2. Navigate to "Users". * Invoke `kcmshell6 kcm_users`. 4. Attempt to select an avatar. If you select another using this process, you shall need to switch to another KCM (or, if there are no others in System Settings, or you've used KCMShell, reinitialize the KCM/SS). This is because root is not listed amongst the user list, irrespective of the current user. I shall report this separately - check "See also". OBSERVED RESULT I'm unable to modify the avatar. EXPECTED RESULT I should be able to, since the superuser's user elements remain non-disabled (and consequently apparently modifiable). SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Fedora Linux 40 KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.2.0 Qt Version: 6.7.0 Kernel Version: 6.8.10-300.fc40.x86_64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core Processor Memory: 30.5 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 5700 Manufacturer: ASRock Product Name: X670E Taichi ADDITIONAL INFORMATION As https://unix.stackexchange.com/revisions/609334/2#:~:text=When%20I%20go%20to%20the,I%20cannot%20change%20its%20avatar explains, others have experienced this and been confused.
The accounts service intentionally does not support modifying the root user, and the entire reason this system module exists and makes use of the AS is to remove the need for graphical usage of root. This is an unsupported usecase on multiple fronts.
(In reply to Janet Blackquill from comment #1)
Created attachment 169766 [details] Depiction of the automatically selected user modification page. (In reply to Janet Blackquill from comment #1) In that case, this is even more important - you can't display a user modification page and then state that it's unsupported. The Users KCM needs to automatically select the top visible user account, rather than root's. I implore you to re-read the issue and, especially, view https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=169756&action=edit, then see https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=169755&action=edit.
Created attachment 180829 [details] A Screenshot Of The Empty User Fields OBSERVED RESULT When the KCM is invoked, the data fails to be read: > qrc:/kcm/kcm_users/UserDetailsPage.qml:76: TypeError: Cannot read property 'realName' of null > qrc:/kcm/kcm_users/UserDetailsPage.qml:20: TypeError: Cannot read property 'displayPrimaryName' of null > qrc:/kcm/kcm_users/UserDetailsPage.qml:107: TypeError: Cannot read property 'realName' of null > qrc:/kcm/kcm_users/UserDetailsPage.qml:105: TypeError: Cannot read property 'faceValid' of null > qrc:/kcm/kcm_users/UserDetailsPage.qml:130: TypeError: Cannot read property 'realName' of null > qrc:/kcm/kcm_users/UserDetailsPage.qml:138: TypeError: Cannot read property 'name' of null > qrc:/kcm/kcm_users/UserDetailsPage.qml:160: TypeError: Cannot read property 'administrator' of null > qrc:/kcm/kcm_users/UserDetailsPage.qml:151: TypeError: Cannot read property 'administrator' of null > qrc:/kcm/kcm_users/UserDetailsPage.qml:174: TypeError: Cannot read property 'email' of null > qrc:/kcm/kcm_users/UserDetailsPage.qml:196: TypeError: Cannot read property 'loggedIn' of null When I invoke the avatar chooser, I see: > qrc:/kcm/kcm_users/PicturesSheet.qml:104: TypeError: Cannot read property 'displayPrimaryName' of null When I attempt to apply an avatar, I see: qrc:/kcm/kcm_users/PicturesSheet.qml:237: TypeError: Cannot read property 'face' of null SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS > Operating System: Fedora Linux 42 > KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.4 > KDE Frameworks Version: 6.13.0 > Qt Version: 6.9.0 > Kernel Version: 6.14.4-300.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit) > Graphics Platform: Wayland