User can not start ubiquity from a live session

Bug #820036 reported by Jean-Baptiste Lallement
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
casper (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Canonical Foundations Team
Oneiric
Invalid
Undecided
Canonical Foundations Team

Bug Description

Ubuntu Desktop 20110802.1

TEST CASE:
1. Boot to a live session
2. Click on Ubiquity launcher

Result:
A password dialog shows up and the user can not enter a password because it is a live session. If the user enter a password or no password, a launcher appears and glows for fews seconds then vanishes.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: ubiquity 2.7.14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-7.9-generic 3.0.0
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-7-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.272
Date: Tue Aug 2 20:51:02 2011
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110802.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu Oneiric):
importance: Undecided → Critical
assignee: nobody → Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations)
affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu Oneiric) → casper (Ubuntu Oneiric)
Changed in casper (Ubuntu Oneiric):
assignee: Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations) → nobody
assignee: nobody → Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations)
tags: added: iso-testing
Revision history for this message
Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

closing, I inadvertently clicked on guest instead of being logged with the default admin user.

Changed in casper (Ubuntu Oneiric):
importance: Critical → Undecided
status: New → Invalid
Revision history for this message
Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote :

Ah, this is related to bug 815271 which is really annoying. You shouldn't have the choice of logging in as guest.

tags: added: testcase
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