I was able to successfully verify the package in -proposed. I started with a Lucid VM with the latest released updates. When following the steps in the original report, I got the error message. After updating to the package in -proposed and rebooting, I could now edit and save the user successfully.
@Charlie: Did you reboot after updating the package? The system-tools- backends daemon was probably still running... ** Tags added: verification-done ** Tags removed: verification-failed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/533870 Title: Crash in SelfConfig on amd64 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs