[Bug 577563] [NEW] Automatic login fails and computer hangs (Lucid)

[A. Meerkerk]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: gdm

1) Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

2) 
gdm:
  Installed: 2.30.0-0ubuntu5
  Candidate: 2.30.0-0ubuntu5
  Version table:
 *** 2.30.0-0ubuntu5 0
500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3) I expected Ubuntu to login "automatically" when booting: 
In the screen System > Administration > Users and Groups > Password > Change I 
select the box 'Don't ask for password on login' (automatic login). 

4) Instead, when I boot the computer:

- It boots fine until the login screen is loaded

- Then I select my account on the login screen.

- Next, I get a bunch of different error messages, in the following
order:

(1) "Could not update ICEauthority file /home/user/.ICEauthority"
(2) Error message that reads something like: Problem with the configuration 
server, 
(3) Error from Nautilus: (translated from dutch): Cannot create mandatory 
directories: /home/user/Desktop
/home/user/.nautilus
(4) Update Window: "Record your encryption passphrase" > No idea what I have to 
do with this, if I execute the suggested action, this has no effect, and the 
system doesn't respond as indicated in the window itself.
(5) Now I get the blank default Desktop background, with nothing on it (no 
menu's, links, etc.)
I am sort of logged in however, because I can get a screen to shut down, 
restart etc., when pushing my computer's on/off button. And after a break I get 
the normal login window that asks my password. If I enter it, the system hangs.

> Maybe this bug has to do with messed up file permissions? I have no
idea. Maybe it's related to the fact that my home directory is encrypted
(encryptfs)

Work-around to be able to login again and turn autmatic login off: boot
with recovery mode, log in manually from the command prompt, and run
'startx' to start up ubuntu.

** Affects: gdm (Ubuntu)
 Importance: Undecided
 Status: New

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[Bug 1041507] Re: I cannot access most normal programs

[A. Meerkerk]

This bug is similar to Bug #1003790.
I can confirm it: sometimes, Dash Home becomes unavailable, if you clik on the 
Dash-home icon, Dash Home doesn't appear. Is seems like a graphical / display 
problem. The only thing that appears are the icons of a window, which you 
normally get when you maximise a window to full-screen.
This is a nasty bug, because you can't access or search for any programs any 
more that are not on the starter, which makes the whole system rather useless 
;) Perhaps a better title for this bug is 'Dash Home doesn't work'.

Once the bug appears, it stays as long as you don't reboot. Even if you
close all windows (running applications), Dash remains unresponsive.

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