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  1. Bug #532984
  2. Comment #27

Comment 27 for bug 532984

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : Re: Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 3 won't boot, with (process 239): GLib-WARNING **: getpwid_r(): failed due to unknown user id (0), on HP Compaq Pentium 4

The getpwuid_r() message is a generic warning that is displayed for all users, but is usually hidden by the splash screen. It is not the *cause* of any hangs or failures to display the splash screen, so keying on this for a bug report is not useful.

A large number of users have followed up to this bug report, but none have provided the kind of information we need in order to debug your individual issues. And the original bug report was against Alpha 3, which is a far cry from the state of affairs in Beta 2. So I'm closing this bug report as invalid.

Anyone who is still seeing a hang at boot time in 10.04 LTS Beta 2, please file a separate bug report against the linux package. If you can boot a previous version of Ubuntu on this system, please use the command 'ubuntu-bug linux' to file the report, so we have full information about your hardware.

If you are seeing hangs in beta2 when booting on a system with nvidia video, and you have more than one display connected, please verify whether disconnecting the second display fixes the issue before filing a new bug report. If it does, this is bug #533135 and you don't need to file a separate bug.