MIN_UID fix/workaround did not work for me. I set mine to 500, too, but my user ID is 1101.
Linux saturn 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:50:42 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux michael:x:1101:2011:Michael:/home/michael:/bin/bash ii lightdm-gtk-greeter 1.0.1-0ubuntu6 LightDM GTK+ Greeter ii unity-greeter 0.1.1-0ubuntu1 Unity Greeter ii indicator-session 0.3.7-0ubuntu1 Indicator showing session management, status and user switching. $ dpkg -s indicator-session Package: indicator-session Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: gnome Installed-Size: 488 Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com> Architecture: i386 Version: 0.3.7-0ubuntu1 Replaces: indicator-me, indicator-sus Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6~), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.78), libdbusmenu-glib4 (>= 0.4.2), libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 (>= 0.4.2), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.26.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 147), libindicator3-6, libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, upower, gnome-settings-daemon Recommends: indicator-applet (>= 0.2) | indicator-renderer Suggests: lightdm Breaks: indicator-me Conflicts: gdm (<= 2.27.4-0ubuntu9), indicator-sus -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/874194 Title: indicator-session shows name as "[Invalid UTF-8]" for some users (depending on UIDMIN?) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-session/+bug/874194/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs