[Bug 649917] Re: GLIb-WARNING **: getpwid_r(): failed due to unknown user id

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Title:
  GLIb-WARNING **: getpwid_r(): failed due to unknown user id

Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix
Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “plymouth” source package in Lucid:
  Fix Released
Status in “plymouth” source package in Maverick:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: plymouth

  Maverick pre-RC ISO testing.
  I got this error message on screen just before Desktop appears on the screen (after selecting Try Ubuntu in Ubiquity)

  I remember I see it very often in Lucid installed system too.

  Annoying because boot is not so smooth with this.

  SRU justification:
  This message is consistently emitted by plymouth whenever plymouth is included in the initramfs (either because it's needed by some other initramfs script such as cryptsetup or casper, or because the user has themself configured it to be included to provide a prettier boot experience.  While plymouth normally hides the message, it is sometimes exposed either because something has switched VT7 into text mode (e.g., during suspend/resume) or because of a bug in plymouth itself.  The former is aesthetic, but the latter results in many bugs filed about the message which is *not* related to their problems, making it difficult to triage plymouth bug reports.

  This can be addressed for the natty release by forward-copying the
  maverick-proposed SRU to natty.

  TEST CASE:
  1) run 'echo FRAMEBUFFER=y > /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/plymouth' as root
  2) run 'update-initramfs -u' to regenerate the initramfs, with plymouth added
  3) reboot with the splash screen enabled
  4) press escape as soon as the splash screen appears; confirm that you see the GLib warning
  5) install the plymouth package from -proposed
  6) reboot repeatedly, and use the same technique as in step 4, to confirm that the warning message no longer appears

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue Sep 28 15:25:59 2010
  DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release Candidate i386 (20100928)
  MachineType: Acer Extensa 5220
  PccardctlIdent:
   Socket 0:
     no product info available
  PccardctlStatus:
   Socket 0:
     no card
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  SourcePackage: plymouth
  TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
  dmi.bios.date: 04/15/2008
  dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
  dmi.bios.version: V1.34
  dmi.board.name: Columbia
  dmi.board.vendor: Acer
  dmi.board.version: Rev
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: None
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
  dmi.chassis.version: N/A
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrV1.34:bd04/15/2008:svnAcer:pnExtensa5220:pvr0100:rvnAcer:rnColumbia:rvrRev:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrN/A:
  dmi.product.name: Extensa 5220
  dmi.product.version: 0100
  dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

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