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Recently upgraded 16.04 to 18.04.

In the Settings app, I navigate to Details, Users. I click the thumbnail for my user account's image.

I am able to select one of the predetermined images that appears, but if instead I click "Select a file", then in the ensuing dialog ("Browse for more pictures"), I can highlight a local image file, but the "Open" button in the header bar remains greyed out, so I cannot actually select an image.

Has anyone seen this behavior? Know how to fix it?

matthewn
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  • What picture format do you select, jpg, pgn, ...? – muclux Jun 11 '18 at 18:00
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    Format doesn't seem to matter; jpg, png, gif all fail. – matthewn Jun 11 '18 at 18:06
  • And you can open the selected picture otherwise? – muclux Jun 11 '18 at 18:10
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    Yes, no problem opening any of these image files in any other context. – matthewn Jun 11 '18 at 18:26
  • Strange. Do you see the preview picture when you select your picture? – muclux Jun 11 '18 at 18:30
  • Oh, interesting: *no*, I do *not* get a preview when I highlight an image file. Useful clue? – matthewn Jun 11 '18 at 18:37
  • At least it's different from here. I see a preview and can click on 'open'. Do you do all that with your own userID i.e. while logged in with the userID for which you select the thumbnail? – muclux Jun 11 '18 at 18:40
  • Yeah, I am logged in as the user whose profile I'm trying to change. – matthewn Jun 11 '18 at 18:48
  • May be "upgrade pain". This was an upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04, and it appears that this little detail was broken during the upgrade. Would it work if you double-click the file rather than clicking the Open button? Alternatively, you may try changing your user picture using the terminal (requires root access): https://askubuntu.com/questions/783680/using-cli-how-do-i-change-the-users-profile-picture – vanadium Jul 16 '18 at 11:22
  • This definitely was upgrade pain -- and a recent code update from Canonical seems to have solved the problem. – matthewn Jul 16 '18 at 15:53

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