Vivid liveusb desktop fails to load because the nautilus config can't be created

Bug #1420602 reported by Melissa Draper
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This bug affects 21 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
casper (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Sebastien Bacher

Bug Description

After selecting the try option on the liveusb (following bug #1420600), the desktop fails to load fully (wallpaper, Examples directory link and the install launcher appear) with an error box.

Error box text:

Oops! Something went wrong.
 Unable to create a required folder. Please create the following folder, or set permissions such that it can be created: /home/ubuntu/.config/nautilus

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.14.2-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.18.0-13.14-generic 3.18.5
Uname: Linux 3.18.0-13-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.16-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.350
Date: Wed Feb 11 03:47:04 2015
GsettingsChanges:

LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha i386 (20150210)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Melissa Draper (melissa) wrote :
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Melissa Draper (melissa) wrote :

I've reproduced this bug on a dell vostro 1310 13" laptop.

Melissa Draper (melissa)
summary: - In liveusb the desktop fails to load because the nautilus config can't
- be created
+ Vivid liveusb desktop fails to load because the nautilus config can't be
+ created
Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) → casper (Ubuntu)
Changed in casper (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
status: New → In Progress
Changed in casper (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package casper - 1.351

---------------
casper (1.351) vivid; urgency=medium

  * scripts/casper-bottom/51unity8-wizard: do the chown in the target
    environment otherwise the user doesn't exist (lp: #1420602)
 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:02:52 +0100

Changed in casper (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) wrote :

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1420602

tags: added: iso-testing
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