This bug was fixed in the package user-setup - 1.27ubuntu2
--------------- user-setup (1.27ubuntu2) karmic; urgency=low
* Error out more gracefully, although with a clear red-screen error, if /dev/shm/.ecryptfs-$USER doesn't exist when trying to set up home directory encryption (LP: #395082).
-- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:47:52 +0100
This bug was fixed in the package user-setup - 1.27ubuntu2
---------------
user-setup (1.27ubuntu2) karmic; urgency=low
* Error out more gracefully, although with a clear red-screen error, if shm/.ecryptfs- $USER doesn't exist when trying to set up home
/dev/
directory encryption (LP: #395082).
-- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:47:52 +0100