Public bug reported:
If you change the ownership of files in /home/<user> to another user,
you can no longer log into <user>'s gnome-shell session - instead, you
are either returned to the gdm login screen or the computer locks up.
This is even the case if .config and .local and .cache are completely
empty.
gdm/gnome-shell does not tell you what the error is, so it is very
annoying trying to figure out how to fix it. It would be great if the
user got an error message explaining the issue and how to fix it.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: gnome-shell 3.29.90-2ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 4.18.4-041804-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Aug 23 13:51:04 2018
DisplayManager: gdm3
GsettingsChanges:
b'org.gnome.shell' b'had-bluetooth-devices-setup' b'true'
b'org.gnome.shell' b'favorite-apps' redacted by apport
b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'gtk-im-module' b"'gtk-im-context-simple'"
b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'gtk-theme' b"'Adwaita-dark'"
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-16 (371 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-08-15 (7 days ago)
** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug cosmic third-party-packages
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gnome-shell silently fails to login when user files are owned by
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