(SOLVED) (Contra's Mod) Start Menu Pic in Zorin

has anyone figured out how to put there pic in the start menu

NOT just in the "user account"

that is easy...


but in the "start menu"

the two don't seem to coresdpond

Hi,

I tried it but it simply doesn't work, another bug in Ubuntu methinks?.

Regards Wolfman

ok...I appreciate it

No, I think it is a combination of GnoMenu (now rebranded ZorinMenu) coupled with Gnome3 DE - It used to work find in Gnome2 Environment (Zorin 5.x) with '.face' in your '/home' folder.

well I figured it out...

it corresponds to the pic in the "User Account" section
basically I fixed the problem...lol

Interesting - are you running 7 or 7.1? I could never get that method to work in 7. Beware that 7 and derivatives expires at end of this month! Try 8 or revert to long-term support of 6.

I am using 7...i made this work, I found a way...lol


here was my solution

open a terminal, type sudo nautilus
then type your password

then through the window that opens

go to var/lib/AccountServices/icons
then change the permissions of that folder to your login name essentially making YOU the owner

save that...

then make a linked copy of the picture of your account while in that folder, it will look exact like the original but it will say "link" (all while still in "sudo")

now that you did the hard part, while still in the terminal

back out and go to

usr/share/zorinmenu/Themes/Icon/ZorinOS

and in there do the same type of permissions you did in the other folder (naming your login name as the "owner", instead of the "root" as the owner

now, you see while in that folder the files that says

"gtk-missing-image.png"

it is the generic picture of that guy in your start menu right?
well take the link you created earlier (in the other folder) and put it here in this folder, but first re-name it to "gtk-missing-image.png"
then copy and paste it here in
usr/share/zorinmenu/Themes/Icon/ZorinOS

you don't need to be in the terminal after you initially changed both folder to YOUR LOGIN name as you are now the owner
so copy and paste all you want, the file size doesn't matter

just remember in the first folder make a link to the picture by right clicking while your the owner (or in sudo as root)

and this will work...

post a pic of your new moded menu...

I like to call it "Contra's Mod"

well ok, since you suggested 8, I installed it, and the first thing i did was to make the mod work, and it does perfectly