indicator-session shows name as "[Invalid UTF-8]" for some users
Bug #874194 reported by
Tom
This bug affects 37 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Session Menu |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Conor Curran | ||
Unity Foundations |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Conor Curran | ||
indicator-session (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Conor Curran | ||
Oneiric |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
indicator-session:
Installed: 0.3.6-0ubuntu2
Candidate: 0.3.6-0ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 0.3.6-0ubuntu2 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
I use UIDs starting at 500, while login.defs specifies UID_MIN as 1000, so when I got to the login screen in GDM, I logged in as "other". The indicator applet showed my name as [Invalid UTF-8]. I changed UID_MIN to 500, restarted, and logged in by choosing my name from the menu. My name now shows correctly.
Related branches
lp:~cjcurran/indicator-session/redundant-max-users-limit
- Ted Gould: Pending requested
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Diff: 104 lines (+32/-11)4 files modified.bzrignore (+28/-0)
src/user-menu-mgr.c (+2/-2)
src/users-service-dbus.c (+2/-8)
src/users-service-dbus.h (+0/-1)
Changed in indicator-session (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in indicator-session (Ubuntu Oneiric): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → Confirmed |
assignee: | nobody → Ted Gould (ted) |
summary: |
- indicator-session shows name as "[Invalid UTF-8]" when logging in as - other + indicator-session shows name as "[Invalid UTF-8]" for some users + (dependsing on UIDMIN?) |
summary: |
indicator-session shows name as "[Invalid UTF-8]" for some users - (dependsing on UIDMIN?) + (depending on UIDMIN?) |
Changed in indicator-session: | |
assignee: | nobody → Conor Curran (cjcurran) |
importance: | Undecided → High |
milestone: | none → 0.3.8 |
Changed in indicator-session (Ubuntu Oneiric): | |
assignee: | Ted Gould (ted) → Conor Curran (cjcurran) |
Changed in unity-foundations: | |
assignee: | nobody → Conor Curran (cjcurran) |
importance: | Undecided → High |
milestone: | none → oneiric-backlog |
Changed in indicator-session: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in unity-foundations: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in indicator-session: | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in unity-foundations: | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in indicator-session: | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Changed in indicator-session: | |
milestone: | 0.3.8 → 0.3.7.1 |
Changed in unity-foundations: | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Changed in indicator-session (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
Changed in indicator-session (Ubuntu Oneiric): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
Changed in indicator-session (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Conor Curran (cjcurran) |
Changed in indicator-session (Ubuntu Oneiric): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Confirmed |
tags: |
added: verification-done removed: verification-needed |
Changed in indicator-session: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Changed in unity-foundations: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.