Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: yelp
I am setting up a new PC, and so far only have 9.10 installed on /dev/sda3 and
/dev/sda6. After installing, I adjust screen resolution to 1024x768 under each
after that install. I then run Update Manager to fetch and install all
updates.
the next step varies, sometimes I repeat these steps with the other install,
first, sometimes I reboot then download Sun Virtual
box for that install before repeating all steps on the other side. Other times
I complete the 9.10 install and updates before turning to installing Sun
Virtualbox. After switching to VirtualBox, I set up a Windows 2000 Pro client,
and install Windows from an ISO stored on the hard drive in a different
partition.
Now al lthis should work together, having done it many times over the
last fre months. But on this machine, which is an HP Pavilion P6112P,
something strange happens along the way. I can be working fine on one
install, but when I reboot to go to the other, either my userid or
password appears to have been altered, because I cannot log in on the
other install. Or if I can log in, at some point when I try to switch
to the Terminal mode and enter sudo -s, the password is reported as
being incorrect. I cannot make any sense of this.
I am assuming for the moment that ther ie some interplay between the two
separate installs. It could be related to the fact that part of what I
do is open up all ext3, vfat, and ntfs-3g partitions using
defaults,rw,exec,user for access. I am moving data around you see, and
overcoming the limitations of Windows to copy files back and forth
between its partitions when one of those partitions is the system
volume.
What I am doing for the moment is switching to 9.10 -> /dev/sda3 and
9.04 -> /dev/sda6. If this is somehow related to the two installs being
the same, then maybe using a different version for one will prevent this
from happening. I likely will also add a second user account as an
alternative boot or login option it it repeats.
You know, I was just about happy or at least satisfied with 9.10, but
9.04 is good enough for my alternative OS if this problem goes away. If
I can't log in, then my whole install is shot, and that is hours of
effort down the drain.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
Package: yelp 2.25.1-0ubuntu5
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: yelp
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686
** Affects: yelp (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386
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Two Separate 9.10 Installs Clobber UserID or Password
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/524659
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