as already mentioned: ls -la /home/username/ at a shell logged in with the new username shows no such file (.ICEauthority).
I tried: copying the file from another user (that actually works) and changing the owner, group and permissions corresponding to the new user. Even using the new file with iceauth show worked without problems. but login with gdm was still not possible. the new user was created by "users-admin" and i tried it a few times with different usernames. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-system-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/870316 Title: creating of new user not compatible with gdm Status in “gnome-system-tools” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Creation of a new user after upgrade from 11.04 to 11.10 beta 2 fails in the following way: The newly created user can't login at gdm (3.0.4-0ubuntu11). gdm stops and outputs "could not update ICEauthority file /home/username/.ICEauthority" ls -la /home/username/ at a shell logged in with the new username shows no such file. Solution to this was: Use lightdm (1.0.1-0ubuntu4) instead of gdm. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gnome-system-tools 2.32.0-0ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: f919af6e19f0a575dfb14e568c875d23 CheckboxSystem: daed2f3d6643b4a84b4520a2427f8c2b Date: Fri Oct 7 23:08:22 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/users-admin ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=de_AT.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-system-tools UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-tools/+bug/870316/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
