Activity log for bug #2004092

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2023-01-29 02:16:25 Aaron Rainbolt bug added bug
2023-01-29 02:18:56 Aaron Rainbolt affects ubuntu livecd-rootfs
2023-01-29 02:19:05 Aaron Rainbolt description I realize this is a totally generic bug filed against no package in particular, but I have no clue what package caused this, all I know is something is dreadfully wrong. Hopefully this can be assigned to a real package soon. Normally, when one first boots a live ISO, a desktop automatically appears, asking users if they want to try or install Ubuntu (or, in the case of Lubuntu, they are simply dropped into a working desktop with an installation desktop icon available). As of the Lubuntu ISO on January 27, 2023, this has stopped occuring. Plymouth shows the initial boot animation, but the user is then dropped to a solid black screen. No user input is accepted. Attempting to switch to a TTY and sign in fails with the default "lubuntu" username and a blank password (the error "Login incorrect" is displayed). On Ubuntu Desktop, the behavior is even stranger. Rather than being shown a "Try or Install Ubuntu" screen, an initial system setup wizard appears that takes the user through the process of creating a user account. On a live ISO. Only after this wizard is finished does the "Try or Install Ubuntu" screen appear. Attempting to log into a TTY using the default "ubuntu" username and a blank password fails the same way as Lubuntu does, if done before the wizard is finished. However, one can log into a TTY if they finish the wizard and then attempt to log into the TTY using the credentials provided during user account setup. This issue affects at least the Lubuntu ISOs as of January 27, 2023, and the Ubuntu Desktop ISO at least as of January 28, 2023 (it is assumed that the 27th ISO for Ubuntu Desktop is also broken). The ISO from the 26th is most likely unaffected as there is successful testing information for Lubuntu on the 26th, so something likely happened between the 26th and the 27th to cause this breakage. Steps to reproduce: 1. Download the latest Lunar daily ISO of Ubuntu Desktop or Lubuntu. 2. Boot the ISO (hardware is irrelevant - this appears to occur on both physical and virtual hardware). For Lubuntu: 3. Wait until you are dropped to a black, blank screen. 4. Wait a while, then attempt to switch to a TTY and attempt to log in using "lubuntu" as the username and a blank password. The login attempt will be denied. For Ubuntu Desktop: 3. Wait until you are provided with an initial system setup wizard. 4. Switch to a TTY and attempt to log in using "ubuntu" as the username and a blank password. The login attempt will be denied. 5. Switch back to the system setup wizard, and complete it. 6. After completing the wizard, switch to a TTY again and attempt to log in using the credentials provided to the wizard. The login attempt will be successful. Notes: Casper cannot be what changed to cause this, as Casper was changed in early December. Normally, when one first boots a live ISO, a desktop automatically appears, asking users if they want to try or install Ubuntu (or, in the case of Lubuntu, they are simply dropped into a working desktop with an installation desktop icon available). As of the Lubuntu ISO on January 27, 2023, this has stopped occuring. Plymouth shows the initial boot animation, but the user is then dropped to a solid black screen. No user input is accepted. Attempting to switch to a TTY and sign in fails with the default "lubuntu" username and a blank password (the error "Login incorrect" is displayed). On Ubuntu Desktop, the behavior is even stranger. Rather than being shown a "Try or Install Ubuntu" screen, an initial system setup wizard appears that takes the user through the process of creating a user account. On a live ISO. Only after this wizard is finished does the "Try or Install Ubuntu" screen appear. Attempting to log into a TTY using the default "ubuntu" username and a blank password fails the same way as Lubuntu does, if done before the wizard is finished. However, one can log into a TTY if they finish the wizard and then attempt to log into the TTY using the credentials provided during user account setup. This issue affects at least the Lubuntu ISOs as of January 27, 2023, and the Ubuntu Desktop ISO at least as of January 28, 2023 (it is assumed that the 27th ISO for Ubuntu Desktop is also broken). The ISO from the 26th is most likely unaffected as there is successful testing information for Lubuntu on the 26th, so something likely happened between the 26th and the 27th to cause this breakage. Steps to reproduce: 1. Download the latest Lunar daily ISO of Ubuntu Desktop or Lubuntu. 2. Boot the ISO (hardware is irrelevant - this appears to occur on both physical and virtual hardware). For Lubuntu: 3. Wait until you are dropped to a black, blank screen. 4. Wait a while, then attempt to switch to a TTY and attempt to log in using "lubuntu" as the username and a blank password. The login attempt will be denied. For Ubuntu Desktop: 3. Wait until you are provided with an initial system setup wizard. 4. Switch to a TTY and attempt to log in using "ubuntu" as the username and a blank password. The login attempt will be denied. 5. Switch back to the system setup wizard, and complete it. 6. After completing the wizard, switch to a TTY again and attempt to log in using the credentials provided to the wizard. The login attempt will be successful. Notes: Casper cannot be what changed to cause this, as Casper was changed in early December.
2023-01-29 02:52:49 Simon Quigley affects livecd-rootfs casper
2023-01-29 02:52:57 Launchpad Janitor casper (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2023-01-29 02:52:57 Simon Quigley affects casper casper (Ubuntu)
2023-01-29 02:53:25 Simon Quigley summary Live ISO login is utterly broken, package causing problem is currently unknown casper fails to add any users because GID 999 is already taken
2023-01-29 02:53:41 Launchpad Janitor casper (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2023-01-29 02:54:02 Simon Quigley description Normally, when one first boots a live ISO, a desktop automatically appears, asking users if they want to try or install Ubuntu (or, in the case of Lubuntu, they are simply dropped into a working desktop with an installation desktop icon available). As of the Lubuntu ISO on January 27, 2023, this has stopped occuring. Plymouth shows the initial boot animation, but the user is then dropped to a solid black screen. No user input is accepted. Attempting to switch to a TTY and sign in fails with the default "lubuntu" username and a blank password (the error "Login incorrect" is displayed). On Ubuntu Desktop, the behavior is even stranger. Rather than being shown a "Try or Install Ubuntu" screen, an initial system setup wizard appears that takes the user through the process of creating a user account. On a live ISO. Only after this wizard is finished does the "Try or Install Ubuntu" screen appear. Attempting to log into a TTY using the default "ubuntu" username and a blank password fails the same way as Lubuntu does, if done before the wizard is finished. However, one can log into a TTY if they finish the wizard and then attempt to log into the TTY using the credentials provided during user account setup. This issue affects at least the Lubuntu ISOs as of January 27, 2023, and the Ubuntu Desktop ISO at least as of January 28, 2023 (it is assumed that the 27th ISO for Ubuntu Desktop is also broken). The ISO from the 26th is most likely unaffected as there is successful testing information for Lubuntu on the 26th, so something likely happened between the 26th and the 27th to cause this breakage. Steps to reproduce: 1. Download the latest Lunar daily ISO of Ubuntu Desktop or Lubuntu. 2. Boot the ISO (hardware is irrelevant - this appears to occur on both physical and virtual hardware). For Lubuntu: 3. Wait until you are dropped to a black, blank screen. 4. Wait a while, then attempt to switch to a TTY and attempt to log in using "lubuntu" as the username and a blank password. The login attempt will be denied. For Ubuntu Desktop: 3. Wait until you are provided with an initial system setup wizard. 4. Switch to a TTY and attempt to log in using "ubuntu" as the username and a blank password. The login attempt will be denied. 5. Switch back to the system setup wizard, and complete it. 6. After completing the wizard, switch to a TTY again and attempt to log in using the credentials provided to the wizard. The login attempt will be successful. Notes: Casper cannot be what changed to cause this, as Casper was changed in early December. [ Original Report ] Normally, when one first boots a live ISO, a desktop automatically appears, asking users if they want to try or install Ubuntu (or, in the case of Lubuntu, they are simply dropped into a working desktop with an installation desktop icon available). As of the Lubuntu ISO on January 27, 2023, this has stopped occuring. Plymouth shows the initial boot animation, but the user is then dropped to a solid black screen. No user input is accepted. Attempting to switch to a TTY and sign in fails with the default "lubuntu" username and a blank password (the error "Login incorrect" is displayed). On Ubuntu Desktop, the behavior is even stranger. Rather than being shown a "Try or Install Ubuntu" screen, an initial system setup wizard appears that takes the user through the process of creating a user account. On a live ISO. Only after this wizard is finished does the "Try or Install Ubuntu" screen appear. Attempting to log into a TTY using the default "ubuntu" username and a blank password fails the same way as Lubuntu does, if done before the wizard is finished. However, one can log into a TTY if they finish the wizard and then attempt to log into the TTY using the credentials provided during user account setup. This issue affects at least the Lubuntu ISOs as of January 27, 2023, and the Ubuntu Desktop ISO at least as of January 28, 2023 (it is assumed that the 27th ISO for Ubuntu Desktop is also broken). The ISO from the 26th is most likely unaffected as there is successful testing information for Lubuntu on the 26th, so something likely happened between the 26th and the 27th to cause this breakage. Steps to reproduce: 1. Download the latest Lunar daily ISO of Ubuntu Desktop or Lubuntu. 2. Boot the ISO (hardware is irrelevant - this appears to occur on both physical and virtual hardware). For Lubuntu: 3. Wait until you are dropped to a black, blank screen. 4. Wait a while, then attempt to switch to a TTY and attempt to log in using "lubuntu" as the username and a blank password. The login attempt will be denied. For Ubuntu Desktop: 3. Wait until you are provided with an initial system setup wizard. 4. Switch to a TTY and attempt to log in using "ubuntu" as the username and a blank password. The login attempt will be denied. 5. Switch back to the system setup wizard, and complete it. 6. After completing the wizard, switch to a TTY again and attempt to log in using the credentials provided to the wizard. The login attempt will be successful.
2023-01-29 02:57:41 Simon Quigley description [ Original Report ] Normally, when one first boots a live ISO, a desktop automatically appears, asking users if they want to try or install Ubuntu (or, in the case of Lubuntu, they are simply dropped into a working desktop with an installation desktop icon available). As of the Lubuntu ISO on January 27, 2023, this has stopped occuring. Plymouth shows the initial boot animation, but the user is then dropped to a solid black screen. No user input is accepted. Attempting to switch to a TTY and sign in fails with the default "lubuntu" username and a blank password (the error "Login incorrect" is displayed). On Ubuntu Desktop, the behavior is even stranger. Rather than being shown a "Try or Install Ubuntu" screen, an initial system setup wizard appears that takes the user through the process of creating a user account. On a live ISO. Only after this wizard is finished does the "Try or Install Ubuntu" screen appear. Attempting to log into a TTY using the default "ubuntu" username and a blank password fails the same way as Lubuntu does, if done before the wizard is finished. However, one can log into a TTY if they finish the wizard and then attempt to log into the TTY using the credentials provided during user account setup. This issue affects at least the Lubuntu ISOs as of January 27, 2023, and the Ubuntu Desktop ISO at least as of January 28, 2023 (it is assumed that the 27th ISO for Ubuntu Desktop is also broken). The ISO from the 26th is most likely unaffected as there is successful testing information for Lubuntu on the 26th, so something likely happened between the 26th and the 27th to cause this breakage. Steps to reproduce: 1. Download the latest Lunar daily ISO of Ubuntu Desktop or Lubuntu. 2. Boot the ISO (hardware is irrelevant - this appears to occur on both physical and virtual hardware). For Lubuntu: 3. Wait until you are dropped to a black, blank screen. 4. Wait a while, then attempt to switch to a TTY and attempt to log in using "lubuntu" as the username and a blank password. The login attempt will be denied. For Ubuntu Desktop: 3. Wait until you are provided with an initial system setup wizard. 4. Switch to a TTY and attempt to log in using "ubuntu" as the username and a blank password. The login attempt will be denied. 5. Switch back to the system setup wizard, and complete it. 6. After completing the wizard, switch to a TTY again and attempt to log in using the credentials provided to the wizard. The login attempt will be successful. This bug is due to the latest systemd upload in Ubuntu. systemd-journald now uses GID 999, when casper explicitly sets the live user to that UID and GID. Rather than going through the painstaking task of updating systemd to use a *different* user, let's just update casper to use 1000, which is the first dynamically-allocated user account per Debian Policy[1]. [1] https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#uid-and-gid-classes [ Original Report ] Normally, when one first boots a live ISO, a desktop automatically appears, asking users if they want to try or install Ubuntu (or, in the case of Lubuntu, they are simply dropped into a working desktop with an installation desktop icon available). As of the Lubuntu ISO on January 27, 2023, this has stopped occuring. Plymouth shows the initial boot animation, but the user is then dropped to a solid black screen. No user input is accepted. Attempting to switch to a TTY and sign in fails with the default "lubuntu" username and a blank password (the error "Login incorrect" is displayed). On Ubuntu Desktop, the behavior is even stranger. Rather than being shown a "Try or Install Ubuntu" screen, an initial system setup wizard appears that takes the user through the process of creating a user account. On a live ISO. Only after this wizard is finished does the "Try or Install Ubuntu" screen appear. Attempting to log into a TTY using the default "ubuntu" username and a blank password fails the same way as Lubuntu does, if done before the wizard is finished. However, one can log into a TTY if they finish the wizard and then attempt to log into the TTY using the credentials provided during user account setup. This issue affects at least the Lubuntu ISOs as of January 27, 2023, and the Ubuntu Desktop ISO at least as of January 28, 2023 (it is assumed that the 27th ISO for Ubuntu Desktop is also broken). The ISO from the 26th is most likely unaffected as there is successful testing information for Lubuntu on the 26th, so something likely happened between the 26th and the 27th to cause this breakage. Steps to reproduce: 1. Download the latest Lunar daily ISO of Ubuntu Desktop or Lubuntu. 2. Boot the ISO (hardware is irrelevant - this appears to occur on both physical and virtual hardware). For Lubuntu: 3. Wait until you are dropped to a black, blank screen. 4. Wait a while, then attempt to switch to a TTY and attempt to log in using "lubuntu" as the username and a blank password. The login attempt will be denied. For Ubuntu Desktop: 3. Wait until you are provided with an initial system setup wizard. 4. Switch to a TTY and attempt to log in using "ubuntu" as the username and a blank password. The login attempt will be denied. 5. Switch back to the system setup wizard, and complete it. 6. After completing the wizard, switch to a TTY again and attempt to log in using the credentials provided to the wizard. The login attempt will be successful.
2023-01-29 03:01:31 Simon Quigley bug added subscriber Nick Rosbrook
2023-01-29 03:01:38 Simon Quigley bug added subscriber Lukas Märdian
2023-01-29 03:04:03 Simon Quigley casper (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Critical
2023-01-29 03:04:05 Simon Quigley casper (Ubuntu): assignee Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)
2023-01-29 03:09:51 Ubuntu QA Website tags iso-testing
2023-01-29 03:11:29 Simon Quigley casper (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Fix Committed
2023-01-29 03:13:11 sudodus bug added subscriber sudodus
2023-01-29 07:46:08 Steve Langasek bug task added systemd (Ubuntu)
2023-01-29 07:48:16 Steve Langasek bug added subscriber Steve Langasek
2023-01-29 10:50:19 Launchpad Janitor casper (Ubuntu): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2023-01-29 17:16:04 Simon Quigley systemd (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2023-01-29 17:16:11 Simon Quigley systemd (Ubuntu): importance Undecided High
2023-01-30 17:23:44 Simon Quigley bug watch added https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1029785
2023-01-30 17:23:44 Simon Quigley bug task added systemd (Debian)
2023-01-31 15:12:25 Dan Bungert merge proposal linked https://code.launchpad.net/~tsimonq2/casper/+git/casper/+merge/436490
2023-02-07 18:20:08 Dan Bungert tags iso-testing iso-testing rls-ll-incoming
2023-02-09 16:13:23 William Wilson tags iso-testing rls-ll-incoming foundations-todo iso-testing
2023-02-09 16:13:44 William Wilson systemd (Ubuntu): assignee Nick Rosbrook (enr0n)
2023-03-29 16:38:00 Bug Watch Updater systemd (Debian): status Unknown New