systemd/gnome-mobile: User avatars are broken

EDIT: This appears to be an upstream issue, see https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/issues/3183

Describe your issue

Changing the user avatar / picture in Settings does not work - the file chooser does not open. Not sure if this is systemd related, maybe it's just from an update.

How to reproduce your issue?

Open Settings, go to System->Users and try to set a user avatar.

On what postmarketOS version did you encounter the issue?

• edge (master branch)

• v24.12

• v24.06 (supported until 2025-01-23)

• I confirm that the issue still is present after running sudo apk upgrade -a

On what environment did you encounter the issue?

Environments

• GNOME Shell on Mobile
• Phosh
• Plasma Mobile
• Sxmo (Wayland/Sway) Please post the output of sxmo_version.sh
• Other: Please fill out

Which init system are you using?

• OpenRC
• systemd

How did you get postmarketOS image?

• from https://images.postmarketos.org
• I built it using pmbootstrap
• It was preinstalled on my device

Additional information

The pictures are installed in the right spot:

ls -l /usr/share/pixmaps/faces/

oneplus-enchilada:~# ls -l /usr/share/pixmaps/faces/
total 1128
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            20 Jan 12 19:38 astronaut.jpg -> legacy/astronaut.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            19 Jan 12 19:38 baseball.png -> legacy/baseball.png
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        164797 Jan 10 10:29 bicycle.jpg
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        107001 Jan 10 10:29 book.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            20 Jan 12 19:38 butterfly.png -> legacy/butterfly.png
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         71432 Jan 10 10:29 calculator.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            18 Jan 12 19:38 cat-eye.jpg -> legacy/cat-eye.jpg
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         84614 Jan 10 10:29 cat.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            16 Jan 12 19:38 chess.jpg -> legacy/chess.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            17 Jan 12 19:38 coffee.jpg -> legacy/coffee.jpg
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         59609 Jan 10 10:29 coffee2.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            15 Jan 12 19:38 dice.jpg -> legacy/dice.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            21 Jan 12 19:38 energy-arc.jpg -> legacy/energy-arc.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            15 Jan 12 19:38 fish.jpg -> legacy/fish.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            16 Jan 12 19:38 flake.jpg -> legacy/flake.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            17 Jan 12 19:38 flower.jpg -> legacy/flower.jpg
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         37545 Jan 10 10:29 flower2.jpg
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         48885 Jan 10 10:29 gamepad.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            17 Jan 12 19:38 grapes.jpg -> legacy/grapes.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            17 Jan 12 19:38 guitar.jpg -> legacy/guitar.jpg
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         39121 Jan 10 10:29 guitar2.jpg
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         50165 Jan 10 10:29 headphones.jpg
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         44924 Jan 10 10:29 hummingbird.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            17 Jan 12 19:38 launch.jpg -> legacy/launch.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            15 Jan 12 19:38 leaf.jpg -> legacy/leaf.jpg
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root          4096 Jan 12 19:37 legacy
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            20 Jan 12 19:38 lightning.jpg -> legacy/lightning.jpg
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         42261 Jan 10 10:29 mountain.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            18 Jan 12 19:38 penguin.jpg -> legacy/penguin.jpg
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         65115 Jan 10 10:29 plane.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            16 Jan 12 19:38 puppy.jpg -> legacy/puppy.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            14 Jan 12 19:38 sky.jpg -> legacy/sky.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            21 Jan 12 19:38 soccerball.png -> legacy/soccerball.png
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            20 Jan 12 19:38 sunflower.jpg -> legacy/sunflower.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            17 Jan 12 19:38 sunset.jpg -> legacy/sunset.jpg
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        101022 Jan 10 10:29 surfer.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            22 Jan 12 19:38 tennis-ball.png -> legacy/tennis-ball.png
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        103768 Jan 10 10:29 tomatoes.jpg
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         99009 Jan 10 10:29 tree.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            22 Jan 12 19:38 yellow-rose.jpg -> legacy/yellow-rose.jpg

The accountservice files never seem to get generated:

ls -l /var/lib/AccountsService/*
/var/lib/AccountsService/icons:
total 0

/var/lib/AccountsService/users:
total 0

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@pabloyoyoista do you have any idea how this is supposed to work? Maybe we're missing some config/service for gnome on systemd for this?

No, unfortunately not . It could be related to homed (which we don't support at all yet IIUC), as the icon is AFAIK part of the info that will be visible outside of an encrypted home. Will ask around.

Seems to be working alright in my openrc install. I'll try checking my phone and get a systemd install in there. Seems something related to accounts service, but you already figured that out...

I just tried and could actually reproduce in my phone. Would be cool if we could test with a laptop with touch on it. Seems to be like an upstream bug related to touch, that drop-down is highly custom and has been annoying to deal with before

So checking logs journalctl I first tried systemd/systemd-services: add unit file for fpr... (!6205 - merged) - wouldn't have made much sense, but seemed worth fixing anyway.

Then there was just a GS error left - and well, turns out that if I reduce the display scale from 300% to 200% things work just fine and there's just a bug with Wayland popups. Which might already be fixed upstream but not it mutter-mobile or gnome-shell-mobile yet.

Ah, this is just a duplicate of https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/issues/3183

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