Comment 4 for bug 1271558

Hi, Maarten, it is a very small world, and good to "see" you. :)

This bug has been frustrating me because it's a system-stopper for me. What's more, when I filed it, I assumed it would have dozens of duplicates. Since it doesn't, I assume it's something specific to my system or configuration.

The permissions get changed, I believe in an ordinary apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade when the kernel is upgraded.
But I'm not sure. There may be other candidates. But my system is so simple that I've written down everything I do, hoping that something jumps out.

1. Install plain-vanilla Ubuntu 64-bit on my Lenovo X230 Tablet with the Dvorak keyboard
2. Enable the Ubuntu wine and libreoffice ppas
3. apt-get update
4. apt-get dist-upgrade
5. apt-get install wine git bleachbit azureus ccal le hnb
6. apt-get build-dep emacs24
7. pull the git repos for emacs and org-mode, compile without sudo and install emacs with sudo
8. install NaturallySpeaking.
9. run bleachbit. I have enabled every feature except the following: firefox passwords, System / cache and free disk space.

When I log on, I usually cannot put my password in until I check English (Dvorak) in that little box in the corner, even though it is option #1 and already selected.
Every morning I repeat steps 3&4, then pull the repos for emacs and org-mode, re-make and reinstall emacs.
Then I re-run bleachbit, and re-boot.
I don't always know right when my permissions have changed because I only work with a few files, and those are usually TXT. But usually (and this has happened three times) after a kernel upgrade, I'll try to log on and Unity / Compiz doesn't come up because the permissions have been re-set.

Usually I CTL-M-F1 for a prompt, change /home/susan/ to my ownership recursively, and then it'll work again, but not for long. Once I changed /susan to +rwx recursively, too.

Bleachbit is the obvious screwup candidate, because I run it with sudo and it looks at a lot of files.
It also gives me this error message when it starts:
(bleachbit:2398): IBUS-WARNING **: The owner of /home/susan/.config/ibus/bus is not root!

HTH
Susan