Hi, I didn't try to change mine last time but I did just now. Does it ask you for your root password when you try to change it? It does here. If it doesn't there, it may be a permissions issue.
You should be able to run systemsettings5 as root and change it that way, if it doesn't ask when you click apply. I seem to recall you run Gentoo. Maybe it is a USE flag or missing package??? Dale :-) :-) Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi Dale, > Thank you for the response. That dialog area appears to be the same > one I get to directly by clicking on the offending icon that resides > at the top of the Application Launcher menu. Choosing the icon at the > right allows me to choose a new one from a gallery, but only > (apparently) for a new user. Changing it does not effect my account. > > Possibly this is a lack of documentation issue but there are > already user accounts on this machine and none of those existing users > show up on the left. All it says is 'New User'. Possibly I can create > a 'mark' user and then possibly KDE will change the icon associated > with my account but I'm uncertain and don't want to just play around > and create problems. > > Again, thanks for the response. > > Cheers, > Mark > > > On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 4:42 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Mark Knecht wrote: >>> Hi, >>> An update to KDE on my Gentoo machine yesterday has changed the >>> icon that shows up to the left of my name at the top of Application >>> Launcher menu. I'm sure it's unintended but I find the icon insulting >>> and would like to change it. How can I change this icon back to the >>> Sad Cyclops icon, or better yet one of my choice, that appeared there >>> before this update? >>> >>> If I click on the icon I get the User Manager from System Settings. >>> On the left it says "New User" and on the right there is a place to >>> edit what I suspect is the icon area but changing it doesn't change >>> the icon I see here. Sadly clicking on Help at the bottom returns the >>> message "The file or Folder help:/ does not exist" so possibly >>> Gentoo's build has excluded this by default. The Help system for >>> Plasma has a section for the Application Launcher but I don't find >>> instructions for this problem. >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> Mark >>> >> >> I think I know what you are talking about but am not sure. If it is >> what I think, System Setting, Account Details under Personalizations, >> then on the left User Manager. You should be able to click on the user >> icon and get some options. It used to be in another section but guess >> it got moved, which may be why you couldn't find it. >> >> If that isn't what you are talking about, no clue. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-)
