Public bug reported: I installed 14.10 yesterday on a formatted partition next to a 13.04 system partition and a /home partition.
When prompted for a username, etc, I entered the same user info as existed already in /home. Because it was the first user in both cases, the uid matched. (Gripe: unlike Linux more than 10 years ago, it did not offer to import existing users from the existing installation). When I booted up in 14.10, logging in through the GUI just bumped me back to the gdm login screen after a few seconds of blank screen. Logging in through a terminal worked fine. I then tried 13.04 and had the same problem! That is, 14.10 install had actually corrupted my user account on /home so that I could no longer startx ! I eventually noticed that some files (I think ~/.dmrc and some ~/.Xauthority.*) had ownership root:root. Thus, a workaround ended up being a sudo chmod -R myuser:myuser /home/myuser ~on my home folder. ProblemType: Bug ** Affects: apport (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty ** Attachment removed: "ProcEnviron.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1382826/+attachment/4239579/+files/ProcEnviron.txt ** Attachment removed: "Dependencies.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1382826/+attachment/4239578/+files/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment removed: "ApportLog.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1382826/+attachment/4239577/+files/ApportLog.txt ** Description changed: I installed 14.10 yesterday on a formatted partition next to a 13.04 system partition and a /home partition. When prompted for a username, etc, I entered the same user info as existed already in /home. Because it was the first user in both cases, the uid matched. (Gripe: unlike Linux more than 10 years ago, it did not offer to import existing users from the existing installation). When I booted up in 14.10, logging in through the GUI just bumped me back to the gdm login screen after a few seconds of blank screen. Logging in through a terminal worked fine. I then tried 13.04 and had the same problem! That is, 14.10 install had actually corrupted my user account on /home so that I could no longer startx ! I eventually noticed that some files (I think ~/.dmrc and some ~/.Xauthority.*) had ownership root:root. - Thus, a workaround ended up being a + Thus, a workaround ended up being a sudo chmod -R myuser:myuser /home/myuser ~on my home folder. ProblemType: Bug - DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 - Package: apport 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5 - ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-37.64-generic 3.13.11.7 - Uname: Linux 3.13.0-37-generic x86_64 - ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5 - Architecture: amd64 - CrashReports: - 600:109:116:0:2014-10-17 12:21:05.818536419 -0400:2014-10-17 10:44:22.182663424 -0400:/var/crash/_usr_bin_evince.1000.uploaded - 664:1000:116:0:2014-10-17 12:21:03.894536461 -0400:2014-10-17 12:21:03.894536461 -0400:/var/crash/_usr_bin_evince.1000.upload - 640:1000:116:5564293:2014-10-17 12:21:01.806536436 -0400:2014-10-17 12:21:04.914536439 -0400:/var/crash/_usr_bin_evince.1000.crash - 0:1000:116:10197699:2014-10-17 07:19:16.569187578 -0400:2014-10-17 07:19:05.641187701 -0400:/var/crash/_opt_google_chrome_chrome.1000.crash - CurrentDesktop: Unity - Date: Sat Oct 18 11:54:15 2014 - EcryptfsInUse: Yes - InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-21 (58 days ago) - InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2) - PackageArchitecture: all - SourcePackage: apport - UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apport in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1382826 Title: During fresh install of 14.10 with existing /home partition, user is no longer able to graphical log in Status in “apport” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I installed 14.10 yesterday on a formatted partition next to a 13.04 system partition and a /home partition. When prompted for a username, etc, I entered the same user info as existed already in /home. Because it was the first user in both cases, the uid matched. (Gripe: unlike Linux more than 10 years ago, it did not offer to import existing users from the existing installation). When I booted up in 14.10, logging in through the GUI just bumped me back to the gdm login screen after a few seconds of blank screen. Logging in through a terminal worked fine. I then tried 13.04 and had the same problem! That is, 14.10 install had actually corrupted my user account on /home so that I could no longer startx ! I eventually noticed that some files (I think ~/.dmrc and some ~/.Xauthority.*) had ownership root:root. Thus, a workaround ended up being a sudo chmod -R myuser:myuser /home/myuser ~on my home folder. 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