Changing password is out of sync with passwd

Binary package hint: gnome-control-center

After changing password and reboot, I could not login with my new password. The old password worked but I Ubuntu was unable to mount my directory, consequently rendering Ubuntu unusable. I saw two error messages and then just the desktop background with no menu. tty did work but I don't know how to use Ubuntu in that mode.

Looks like this bug was fixed in my current release 9.10 according to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/307019 but I just had the same issue.
Basically it happen as described in bug 307019

I think importance should be set to high as I as a newbie used 2 weeks to find that I could use passwd (I couldn't use my computer).

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: ac9ec8a92eb3562b8319c2668c2b4a80
CheckboxSystem: d00f84de8a555815fa1c4660280da308
Date: Wed Feb 24 20:00:49 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-about-me
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia
Package: gnome-control-center 1:2.28.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_DK.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-19.56-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-19-generic i686