I'd like to add that 1) This bug can easily be reproduced by means of a standard Ubuntu Live CD. After booting the Live CD check that opening the preferences works without problems. Then enter the command(s)
ls -od /home; sudo chmod 711 /home; ls -od /home which should show (apart from the date) drwxr-xr-x 1 root 60 Nov 6 2012 /home drwx--x--x 1 root 60 Nov 6 2012 /home Open preferences again and it will show the error message "Could not read the contents of home. Permission denied." 2) I am sorry, but, indeed this bug must be caused by a component that gnome-terminal is using and not by gnome-terminal itself. In the meantime I found another program that shows the same error (soundconverter) and there are probably more. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1074539 Title: Opening Preferences shows read error for home Status in “gnome-terminal” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: When I open the preferences dialog of gnome-terminal I get a popup window (see screenshot) with the error message "Could not read the contents of home. Permission denied." If I acknowledge the error with a click on OK everything seems to work fine, nonetheless. One cause for the error message is clear: It's the permissions of /home which I always set to 0711 on shared computers. The error message does not appear when I change permissions to 0755. I am afraid this error might very well be not a problem of gnome- terminal but of a library or any other shared package. I thought I have seen it appear in other programs too but I could reproduce it only in gnome-terminal. Thus, I hope that reporting it against gnome- terminal at least might help others find this bug. And maybe the developers of gnome-terminal can help to clarify the actual causes. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gnome-terminal 3.4.1.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-32.51-generic-pae 3.2.30 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-32-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu14 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Nov 3 01:52:39 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal InstallationMedia: Edubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429.1) SourcePackage: gnome-terminal UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-10-30 (3 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1074539/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
