Bug#440789: gringotts: Gringotts fails to start as installed on 64bit

[Magnus Therning <magnus@therning.org>]

Package: gringotts
Version: 1.2.8+1.2.9pre1-15
Severity: normal

When trying to start /usr/bin/gringotts this is what is printed:

  % /usr/bin/gringotts
  
  (process:3427): GLib-WARNING **: getpwuid_r(): failed due to unknown user id (1000)
  
  Gringotts version 1.2.9pre1 (libGringotts 1.2.1)
  (c) 2002 Germano Rizzo <mano78@users.sourceforge.net>
  
  released under GNU General Public License (GPL) v.2 or later
  See COPYING or go to http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
  
  (gringotts:3427): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
          Using the fallback 'C' locale.
  GLib: Cannot convert message: Could not open converter from 'UTF-8' to 'ANSI_X3.4-1968'
  
  (gringotts:3427): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:


It starts just fine when the binary isn't suid root:

  % ~/bin/gringotts
  
  Gringotts version 1.2.9pre1 (libGringotts 1.2.1)
  (c) 2002 Germano Rizzo <mano78@users.sourceforge.net>
  
  released under GNU General Public License (GPL) v.2 or later
  See COPYING or go to http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html



-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gringotts depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0                  1.18.0-2    The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                        2.6.1-2     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                    1.4.10-1+b2 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libfontconfig1               2.4.2-1.2   generic font configuration library
ii  libglib2.0-0                 2.14.0-2    The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgringotts2                1.2.1-11    encapsulate data in an encrypted a
ii  libgtk2.0-0                  2.10.13-1   The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libpango1.0-0                1.18.1-1    Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                     1.10-3      lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libx11-6                     2:1.0.3-7   X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1                  1:1.1.9-1   X cursor management library
ii  libxext6                     1:1.0.3-2   X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3                   1:4.0.3-2   X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxi6                       2:1.1.2-1   X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1                 1:1.0.2-1   X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxrandr2                   2:1.2.1-1   X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1                  1:0.9.3-1   X Rendering Extension client libra

gringotts recommends no packages.

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