[Bug 1051388] Re: CRITICAL **: unable to create directory '/root/.cache/dconf': Permission denied. dconf will not work properly. message on amd64 vm installation

[Colin Watson]

11:26 <psivaa> cjwatson, just wondering if you need any further information for bug 1051388 before i go onto destroy the vm
11:28 <cjwatson> psivaa: in general we don't spend much effort on fixing messages that only appear in terminal output and that have no practical effect
11:29 <cjwatson> psivaa: we don't need anything else but it's low-priority
11:30 <psivaa> cjwatson, agree i saw a similar bug, just reported not to miss anything ::
11:30 <psivaa> :)
11:32 <xnox> psivaa: it's a bug in dconf.... and critical is a bit misleading since it doesn't crash nor burst into flames.
11:34 <psivaa> xnox, yes it was a little alarming at the time of that installation coz my hardware is not that powerful and the installation seemed very slow, and at times seemed hung.
11:35 <xnox> psivaa: the reason why your installation hang is unknown, but it's interesting that it was a networkless install and in the end of the syslog there are messages of "not being able to resolve host ubuntu"
11:35 <psivaa> yep that was going to be my next question, it correctly detected during the inital stage that there is no network
11:37 <psivaa> xnox, i.e.  when it laid the checked conditions for available memory, power source and network connection.

** Tags removed: rls-q-incoming
** Tags added: rls-q-notfixing

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Title:
  CRITICAL **: unable to create directory '/root/.cache/dconf':
  Permission denied.  dconf will not work properly. message on amd64 vm
  installation

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  The above message was seen in the terminal wondow when a networkless
  installation of 20120914 quantal desktop amd64 on a vm appeared to be
  hung.

  The installation continued though without any issues after some time.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubiquity (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-14.17-generic 3.5.3
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-14-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Sep 15 19:57:55 2012
  InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120914)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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