Public bug reported:
I´ve installed ubuntu 17.10 from a mini install with no additional
packages by accident*.
I then installed ubuntu-desktop using apt-get.
After installing ubuntu-desktop I saw a number of issues that all appear
to step from having root as the owner of ´/home/$USER/.cache´ in my
profile.
I´ve fixed this, with a simple chown command, but thought you should know
because there are a number of symptoms that could be quite challenging for less
experience users including:
* Firefox won´t startup during to permissions problems with the user´s profile
* Application updates is unable to get a list of available packages because it
can´t access ~/.cache/gnome-software/...´
NOTE: the attached bug report shows the state of my system AFTER I
applied the above fix, and it is now working.
Footnote: *it would be good to have a ´go back´ option during the mini install
after selecting packages as a separate feature request - so that users who do
as I did and press ENTER to select, rather than space, can correct their error.
Iĺl enter this separately. :)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.404.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-39.44-generic 4.13.16
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-39-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Apr 29 09:30:26 2018
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful wayland-session
** Description changed:
I´ve installed ubuntu 17.10 from a mini install with no additional
packages by accident*.
I then installed ubuntu-desktop using apt-get.
After installing ubuntu-desktop I saw a number of issues that all appear
to step from having root as the owner of ´/home/$USER/.cache´ in my
profile.
I´ve fixed this, with a simple chown command, but thought you should know
because there are a number of symptoms that could be quite challenging for less
experience users including:
* Firefox won´t startup during to permissions problems with the user´s profile
* Application updates is unable to get a list of available packages because
it can´t access ~/.cache/gnome-software/...´
+ NOTE: the attached bug report shows the state of my system AFTER I
+ applied the above fix, and it is now working.
- * Note: it would be good to have a ´go back´ option during the install as a
separate feature request.
+ Footnote: *it would be good to have a ´go back´ option during the mini
install after selecting packages as a separate feature request - so that users
who do as I did and press ENTER to select, rather than space, can correct their
error. Iĺl enter this separately. :)
+
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.404.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-39.44-generic 4.13.16
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-39-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Apr 29 09:30:26 2018
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1767728
Title:
/home/$USER/.cache is owned by root
Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
I´ve installed ubuntu 17.10 from a mini install with no additional
packages by accident*.
I then installed ubuntu-desktop using apt-get.
After installing ubuntu-desktop I saw a number of issues that all
appear to step from having root as the owner of ´/home/$USER/.cache´
in my profile.
I´ve fixed this, with a simple chown command, but thought you should know
because there are a number of symptoms that could be quite challenging for less
experience users including:
* Firefox won´t startup during to permissions problems with the user´s profile
* Application updates is unable to get a list of available packages because
it can´t access ~/.cache/gnome-software/...´
NOTE: the attached bug report shows the state of my system AFTER I
applied the above fix, and it is now working.
Footnote: *it would be good to have a ´go back´ option during the mini
install after selecting packages as a separate feature request - so that users
who do as I did and press ENTER to select, rather than space, can correct their
error. Iĺl enter this separately. :)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.404.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-39.44-generic 4.13.16
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-39-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Apr 29 09:30:26 2018
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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