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#2 Above SOLVED: :happy:

"mugshot" was NOT installed. :frown:

Now installed, and now can easily click-on the picture in the Whisker/Application Menu, and make any changes I want.

Oh, and most importantly:

I came to the solution via the Forum-- just searched for "mugshot", and found some posts ...

Adrian Thanks for the correction and full history :exclamation:

Reading through your post, I think I understand why I thought MX-Snapshot was mostly (if not wholly) based on antiX: IIRC, using the Remaster tool on a personal snapshot shows the antiX logo/name in the dialog boxes.

Your detailed ...

We Have a Winner:

fehlix :number1:

Strangely, it took 2 reboots, but now when I log-in, at the Greeter Screen, I have both the Background image that I chose, and the User image that I chose in the LightDM settings.

I still have the 2 problems of:

1. Not being able to edit the LightDM GTK ...

Kinda Works...

When I get the login screen, I Now have the picture (User Avatar) I want that is next to the user name.

However, when trying to edit the lightdm-gtk-greeter settings, I cannot modify neither the background, nor the user, image...???

An additional (related?) issue:

when I click-on ...

@fehlix Excellent :exclamation:

Installed "acl".

Now, I have these results:


opera-dude@GA-H270-HD3:~
$ setfacl --modify=group:$(id -g lightdm):r-x ~

opera-dude@GA-H270-HD3:~
$ getfacl ~
getfacl: Removing leading '/' from absolute path names
# file: home/opera-dude
# owner: opera-dude
# group ...

fehlix Thank You for Replying :exclamation:

However, when I try both of the above, bash complains:


opera-dude@GA-H270-HD3:~
$ setfacl --modify=group:$(id -g lightdm):r-x ~
bash: setfacl: command not found


and...


opera-dude@GA-H270-HD3:~
$ getfacl ~
bash: getfacl: command not found


I ...

A VERY minor issue, but I would like to solve it:

In my MX-Minimal 23.6 install, I cannot modify/edit the lightdm-gtk-greeter.

When I try to add a background and/or user image, I get the following error:


LightDM does not have permissions to read path: /home/opera-dude


Here's my QSI ...

MX-SNAPSHOT :number1:

I use MX-Snapshot as part of my Backup Strategy:

Daily DATA LuckyBackups, across 4 removable drives & 1 "cloud".
Weekly Timeshift Snapshots
Monthly MX-Snapshots

As has been stated numerous times on the Forum: TEST YOUR BACKUPS :exclamation:

IIRC, MX-Snapshot is ...

MX-SNAPSHOT :number1:

I use MX-Snapshot as part of my Backup Strategy:

Daily DATA LuckyBackups, across 4 removable drives & 1 "cloud".
Weekly Timeshift Snapshots
Monthly MX-Snapshots

As has been stated numerous times on the Forum: TEST YOUR BACKUPS :exclamation:

IIRC, MX-Snapshot is based ...

CharlesV wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 3:41 pm Good job!! Glad it is resolved and thanks for posting the fix too !!

P.S. I am adding a couple of notes to the original post-- steps I originally forgot to mention. I will mark them with "EDIT/ADDENDUM" in the body of the text.