diff -u gnome-control-center-2.27.91/debian/changelog gnome-control-center-2.27.91/debian/changelog
--- gnome-control-center-2.27.91/debian/changelog
+++ gnome-control-center-2.27.91/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+gnome-control-center (1:2.27.91-0ubuntu4) karmic; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/patches/98_ecryptfs_face.patch: write .face to
+    /home/.ecryptfs/$USER, if it exists, to make sure its available
+    in GDM for encrypted-home users, LP: #426724
+
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:32:24 -0500
+
 gnome-control-center (1:2.27.91-0ubuntu3) karmic; urgency=low
 
   * debian/patches/95_desktop-effects-integration.patch:
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- gnome-control-center-2.27.91.orig/debian/patches/98_ecryptfs_face.patch
+++ gnome-control-center-2.27.91/debian/patches/98_ecryptfs_face.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+write .face to unecrypted space, if homedir is encrypted
+
+If the user's home directory is encrypted, their $HOME/.face file will
+not be accessible by GDM before the user logs in and mounts their home
+directory.
+
+In this case, we should additionally write the user's .face file to
+their unencrypted space, in /home/.ecryptfs/$USER.
+
+https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/426724
+
+Signed-off-by: Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@canonical.com>
+
+
+diff -uprN gnome-control-center-2.27.91/capplets/about-me/gnome-about-me.c gnome-control-center-2.27.91.new/capplets/about-me/gnome-about-me.c
+--- gnome-control-center-2.27.91/capplets/about-me/gnome-about-me.c	2009-08-17 03:40:16.000000000 -0500
++++ gnome-control-center-2.27.91.new/capplets/about-me/gnome-about-me.c	2009-09-09 13:40:49.159657498 -0500
+@@ -528,6 +528,8 @@ about_me_update_photo (GnomeAboutMe *me)
+ 	guchar 	      *data;
+ 	gsize 	       length;
+ 
++	char          *ecryptfs;
++
+ 	dialog = me->dialog;
+ 
+ 
+@@ -599,6 +601,28 @@ about_me_update_photo (GnomeAboutMe *me)
+ 
+ 		g_free (file);
+ 
++		/* If the user has an encrypted home directory, we also need to
++		   write the .face file to their unencrypted space, where gdm
++		   can read this file before login and homedir mount */
++		if (asprintf(&ecryptfs, "/home/.ecryptfs/%s", g_get_user_name ()) > 0) {
++			struct stat s;
++			if (stat(ecryptfs, &s) == 0) {
++				file = g_build_filename (ecryptfs, ".face", NULL);
++				if (g_file_set_contents (file,
++							 (gchar *) photo->data.inlined.data,
++							 photo->data.inlined.length,
++							 &error) != FALSE) {
++					g_chmod (file, 0644);
++				} else {
++					g_warning ("Could not create %s: %s", file, error->message);
++					g_error_free (error);
++				}
++
++				g_free (file);
++			}
++			g_free (ecryptfs);
++		}
++
+ 		e_contact_photo_free (photo);
+ 
+ 	} else if (me->image_changed && !me->have_image) {