Chuck,
Yes it may be two directions -- however, when I made the edits requested to resolve the MSQL errors (file edits and disabling userinfo merge), it DID remove the ability to have gallery pictures in the profile. It is quite possible they are connected.
All I can suggest is to turn on custom profile edits (a generic
VB feature). I believe that will allow gallery photos on the profile (unless something in the new version disables them), but I can't be sure as I haven't tested the new "2.4.3." I've only tested my "2.4.3" I downloaded a while ago.
You can see in this same thread that I mentioned the bug fix disabling gallery profile pictures.
[Bug 2.4.3] Plugin on fetch_userinfo_query causes DB errors
I haven't seen any mysql vbgallery errors since then, but I am also missing the important gallery profile pictures ability I had before.