[Bug 901847] Re: armhf+omap4 desktop installer dies in plugininstall.py

[Xerxes Rånby]

This bug are symptom of the following issue:
The user's shell return instantly.
The python script are trying to run chroot / sudo -u username -- id -u in order to fetch the uid.
Unfortunally the users shell terminate instantly and the id command are not invoked.

testcase 1:
try press ctrl+alt f1 and try login as the user
result: userlongs in but returns to login promt instantly, the shell have died.

testcase 2:
command: chroot / sudo -u root -- id -u
returns: 0

command: chroot / sudo -u username -- id -u
returns nothing: ''

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Title:
  armhf+omap4 desktop installer dies in plugininstall.py

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  See attached logs.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.9.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-1401.1-omap4 3.2.0-rc4
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-1401-omap4 armv7l
  ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: armhf
  Date: Thu Dec  8 12:57:48 2011
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_CA.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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