[Bugs] #665 HIGH: Soas2-200903271806.iso won't boot on XO-1, /home/liveuser is owned by root

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#665: Soas2-200903271806.iso won't boot on XO-1, /home/liveuser is owned by root
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    Reporter:  skierpage  |          Owner:  sdz        
        Type:  defect     |         Status:  new        
    Priority:  High       |      Milestone:             
   Component:  SoaS       |        Version:  0.84.x     
    Severity:  Critical   |       Keywords:             
Distribution:  OLPC       |   Status_field:  Unconfirmed
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 I tried booting Soas2-200903271806.iso from USB on an XO-1 and it would
 not proceed to the Sugar desktop from the "login:" screen.  I noticed
 /home/liveuser is drwx-r-xr-x owned by root.  After
 {{{
   # chown liveuser /home/liveuser
   # chgrp liveuser /home/liveuser
 }}}
 logging in as liveuser proceeded to the Sugar desktop.

 '''More details'''
 I have an XO-1 with OFW q2e33.  I downloaded Soas2-200903271806.iso and
 ran latest LiveUSB-Creator 3.6.3 under Windows XP to put it and a 256 MB
 persistent storage area on a USB flash drive.

 Insert the USB flash drive, power on XO-1, hold down check key.

 * The hot dog is back!
 * After a minute the screen goes dark.
 * After another 90 seconds of dark screen I get the blue swirl Login:
 screen with "liveuser",
 * Log in.
 * After several seconds that goes to dark screen, and a few seconds later
 I'm back at the blue Login: screen. :-(

 In a console, ~liveuser has no .sugar subdirectory, so it looks like
 Sugar never got rolling.

 The file "/var/log/slim.log" (attached) has various errors, starting with
 {{{
 /usr/bin/xauth:  timeout in locking authority file
 /home/liveuser/.Xauthority
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.sugarlabs.org/ticket/665>
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