Public bug reported:
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)
** Affects: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise
** Attachment added: "Screenshot: Gnome Terminal Preferences"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1074539/+attachment/3422241/+files/gnome-terminal-preferences-home-error.png
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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)
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