** Description changed: Would not boot into normal Gnome desktop as I would get a failure message instructing me to set user permissions. Couldn't get into grub single mode as the system didn't start with a standard grub menu, just proceeds to the boot up graphic. Problem found and solution discovered: I switched to Gnome safe mode and finally got in. I changed the ownership of the users home directory which you can do by going to "cd /home" and ls -l to find the current ownership which had been taken over by clamav, apparently clamav, during - it's last update, took possession of the users home directory (the - directory which is in the home directory and has the same name you log - on with username = the name you log on with.) which caused the failure - to boot. Whilst in the "/home" directory at the command line simply - type "chown username:username username" and finally "chmod 0755 - username". This will change the owner and group to "username" and should - solve the problem caused by the bad clamav installation. + it's last update, took possession of the users home directory which + caused the failure to boot ( user's home directory is the directory + which is in the /home directory and has the same name you log on with. + "username" = the name you log on with.). Whilst in the "/home" + directory at the command line simply type "chown username:username + username" and finally "chmod 0755 username". This will change the + owner and group to "username" and should solve the problem caused by the + bad clamav installation.
-- Clamav update takes ownership of the users home directory thus preventing booting into gnome desktop. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/369986 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
