Cannot chose language with home on nfs export
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
accountsservice (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
Precise |
Fix Released
|
Low
|
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
Bug Description
[Impact]
Accountsservice incorrectly prevents you from changing the user language if HOME is on NFS.
[Test Case]
Can be reproduced anytime on Precise when logged in as a user whose HOME is on NFS.
[Regression Potential]
Minimal.
[Original description]
There is no possibility to choose language in an interactive way in Ubuntu 12.04, neither with XFCE4 nor with Gnome, neither with lightdm nor with GDM3 when home dirs aren't on local drive.
Error message:
gdm-session-
That's a bummer, I have users from all over the world, they need to be able to choose their own language.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: accountsservice 0.6.15-2ubuntu9.4
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-38-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Mar 18 16:21:13 2013
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120817.3)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: accountsservice
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Changed in accountsservice (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Changed in accountsservice (Ubuntu Precise): | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in accountsservice (Ubuntu Precise): | |
assignee: | nobody → Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Thanks for your help to improve Ubuntu by reporting this bug!
The problem with incorrect failures in accountsservice when HOME is on NFS was also reported in bug 1083605, and a fix has been uploaded to Ubuntu 13.04. I attach a patch with a fix for 12.04.
accountsservice builds for 12.04 (Precise) including the fix are available in my PPA at https:/ /launchpad. net/~gunnarhj/ +archive/ misc
Lars, can you please install that version of accountsservice and let us know if it fixes the issue for you.