[Bug 1513800] [NEW] Screenlock could not be unlocked during 15.10 dist upgrade process (there was cryptic error message).

[Antti Rauhala]

Public bug reported:

I upgraded 15.04 Ubuntu Gnome to 15.10 Ubuntu Gnome using default dist-
upgrade. During the upgrade process , the screen got locked. After few
hours I tried to check, how the upgrade was progressing, but I was
unable to unlock the screen. Lock-screen failed to take keyboard input
properly, and displayed cryptic error message instead. It seemed like it
was trying to log me in with some non-sensible password (?), on each key
press (?). I tried to login as a separate user, but this lead to blank
black screen.

As a consequence, I cannot know whether the upgrade process went
smoothly. Fortunately, Ubuntu rebooted into Ubuntu 15.10, and Synaptic
says no packages are missing, so maybe dist-upgrade succeeded after all?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:15.10.14.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-17.21-generic 4.2.3
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Fri Nov  6 12:47:41 2015
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade wily

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Title:
  Screenlock could not be unlocked during 15.10 dist upgrade process
  (there was cryptic error message).

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I upgraded 15.04 Ubuntu Gnome to 15.10 Ubuntu Gnome using default
  dist-upgrade. During the upgrade process , the screen got locked.
  After few hours I tried to check, how the upgrade was progressing, but
  I was unable to unlock the screen. Lock-screen failed to take keyboard
  input properly, and displayed cryptic error message instead. It seemed
  like it was trying to log me in with some non-sensible password (?),
  on each key press (?). I tried to login as a separate user, but this
  lead to blank black screen.

  As a consequence, I cannot know whether the upgrade process went
  smoothly. Fortunately, Ubuntu rebooted into Ubuntu 15.10, and Synaptic
  says no packages are missing, so maybe dist-upgrade succeeded after
  all?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:15.10.14.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-17.21-generic 4.2.3
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-17-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Fri Nov  6 12:47:41 2015
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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