Ubuntu
plymouth package

  1. Bug #532984
  2. Comment #14

Comment 14 for bug 532984

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gsch (gcscheepers) wrote : Re: Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 3 won't boot, with (process 239): GLib-WARNING **: getpwid_r(): failed due to unknown user id (0), on HP Compaq Pentium 4

I get the same problem on my laptop, no extra monitors. On the first try to boot from the live cd (Beta 2, downloaded an hour ago), I reached the first "choose your language" window, clicked on "try ubuntu", and then the screen froze with a bunch of black and white lines. Had to manually power down, and then got this message (among other things):

 GLIb-WARNING **: getpwid_r(): failed due to unknown user id (0)

On my next tries, I only got a blank white box where the language window should be. Had to manually power down again, and got the same message. My computer: Acer Travelmate 2450 laptop with an ATI Mobility Xpress 200M graphics card.

I hope this can be solved, by the way my ubuntu experience is going, I might just be on Jaunty for the rest of my life.