14th December 2016, 7:37
Thanks AJ. I tried "The other option" first; it did not make any improvement upon logout/in [so i then deleted the file again from /usr/share/sddm/faces/].
Re your first suggestion [which ironically meant reverting to the file status i'd originally found therein prior to trying rocky's idea], after the chmoding i logged out, & finally then saw the avatars on the login screen. Did you notice my plural? In my VM i have more than one account, & they all now show the same avatar! Ha, oh well, it never rains but it pours, as the old saying goes.
Re your first suggestion [which ironically meant reverting to the file status i'd originally found therein prior to trying rocky's idea], after the chmoding i logged out, & finally then saw the avatars on the login screen. Did you notice my plural? In my VM i have more than one account, & they all now show the same avatar! Ha, oh well, it never rains but it pours, as the old saying goes.