Michael, Thanks for the offer for further discussion! It isn't called for in this case however.
This is effectively a bug. For many users, it sufficiently fouls things up that they will conlude an Ubuntu installation has failed. For others such as myself, it merely wasted a lot of time. Please consider fixing it! -- Admin user confusion with user directory exists by different ID https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48630 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs