Comment 25 for bug 874194

Solved for me too.
Thanks, Conor and everyone.

On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 8:55 AM, Kees <email address hidden> wrote:

> I installed the proposed indicator-session 0.3.7.1-0ubuntu1.1, and can
> confirm that with 27 user accounts it shows the current username iso.
> Invalid UTF-8.
>
> Thanks.
>
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> Title:
> indicator-session shows name as "[Invalid UTF-8]" for some users
>
> Status in The Session Menu:
> Fix Committed
> Status in Unity Foundations:
> Fix Committed
> Status in “indicator-session” package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in “indicator-session” source package in Oneiric:
> Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
> Description: Ubuntu 11.10
> Release: 11.10
> indicator-session:
> Installed: 0.3.6-0ubuntu2
> Candidate: 0.3.6-0ubuntu2
> Version table:
> *** 0.3.6-0ubuntu2 0
> 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64
> Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> I use UIDs starting at 500, while login.defs specifies UID_MIN as
> 1000, so when I got to the login screen in GDM, I logged in as
> "other". The indicator applet showed my name as [Invalid UTF-8]. I
> changed UID_MIN to 500, restarted, and logged in by choosing my name
> from the menu. My name now shows correctly.
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