** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1271558
Title: recent upgrades reset permissions in home file incorrectly Status in “xorg” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: I had not changed the permissions for any files in my home folder. However, two recent upgrades have changed critical permissions that allow me to log in, probably for .Xauthority, .dmrc and/or .bashrc. The result was that twice, when I re-booted after an upgrade, my logon screen led me to a blank wallpaper with nothing working. (Logging in as a guest was fine.) When I got in through a rescue disk and attempted to copy files to a thumb drive, I discovered that random of my user-created /home/name subfiles had been assigned permissions that did not allow me to access them. ??? Anyway, I tried various CTL-ALT-1 fixes to re-set permissions from the Ubuntu web site. I tried changing the owner / permissions for just /home/ then just /home/name then a couple of suggestions that put the settings into "default" mode, including changing all /home/name dot-something folders to user +rwx. Nothing worked. Finally I just changed the entire /home/user folder to my ownership, +rwx recursively, and that worked. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-5.20-generic 3.13.0 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-5-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.13.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Jan 22 09:07:26 2014 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2203] InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-11 (11 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140110) MachineType: LENOVO 3434CTO ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-5-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=cf9d8094-6540-41a5-9ae3-81d19a33e14d ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/25/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: GCET21WW (1.10 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 3434CTO dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Defined dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrGCET21WW(1.10):bd07/25/2012:svnLENOVO:pn3434CTO:pvrThinkPadX230Tablet:rvnLENOVO:rn3434CTO:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 3434CTO dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X230 Tablet dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.10+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.51-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.0.1-1ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.0.1-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.14.5-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.2.0-0ubuntu11 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.907-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu1 xserver.bootTime: Wed Jan 22 07:13:49 2014 xserver.configfile: default xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: product id 728 vendor LGD xserver.version: 2:1.14.5-1ubuntu2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1271558/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp