Ubuntu 12.04.1 i386 testing Alternate install after initial login the Incomplete Language Support dialog box appears.

[warren]

1) Ubuntu 12.04.1 i386 daily build 10-7-2012
2) language-selector-gnome 0.79
3) I expect to boot up login and Incomplete Language Support dialog box appear.
4) After the installation has completed then booting into the new install for the first time the Incomplete Language Support dialog box appears asking to run this action now. I have a screenshot of the Incomplete Language Support dialog box.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: language-selector-gnome 0.79
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-31.50-generic-pae 3.2.28
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-31-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Oct 7 14:47:38 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20121007)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: language-selector
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1063402

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Jeff Wallace (jeffwallace)]

I don't think I can't add anything insightful here, but I experienced this in my first login after installing Ubuntu 12.04.1 i386 with the alternate-installer CD image. During the install, I'd selected English as my language as well as a US English keyboard (the default choice).

Clicking on the "Run this action now" on the popup dialog (same one that warren submitted), pulled up the Language Support dialog, in which English (United States) and English were both available. Further, the "Install / Remove Languages..." dialog had English indicated as installed -- so there did not appear to be meaningful changes to make as I wasn't interested in other languages.

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

Hi warren,
Thanks for your help to make Ubuntu better by reporting these observations.

To be honest, I don't quite understand how it's a bug, though. Are you suggesting that there were no missing language support files, so there was no reason for the "Incomplete Language Support" dialog to appear? Please note that it doesn't talk about other languages, but merely about dictionary for spell checking etc.

[warren (wkclemmons)]

Gunnar

I found the "Incomplete Language Support" dialog after install to be
annoying that is one reason I filed the bug report. To the best of my
knowledge I am suggesting that there were no missing language support files
so there was no reason for the "Incomplete Language Support" dialog to
appear. What test or check can be performed to verify the validity of my
bug report?

Warren

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

Thanks for your reply, Warren.

On 2012-11-27 21:47, warren wrote:
> To the best of my knowledge I am suggesting that there were no
> missing language support files so there was no reason for the
> "Incomplete Language Support" dialog to appear. What test or check
> can be performed to verify the validity of my bug report?

I'm afraid I'm not able to tell. It's my understanding that everything belonging to the selected install language is not always automatically installed, which is the reason why the check takes place afterwards. I don't think there is anything abnormal with that dialog appearing.

@Martin
Can you possibly shed some light on this?

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Did you install with or without a network connection? In the former case the missing language support packages should be downloaded during installation, in the latter case this dialog box should pop up and allow you to install them. If you accept, you will see the packages that are missing.

Note that this isn't just "translations". Language support also means dictionaries/spell checkers, some extra fonts and input support for some languages, the LibO help, and so on. There are not that many extra packages for English, but some exist.

[warren (wkclemmons)]

Martin Pitt

The install was done with a network connection.

Warren

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Can you please attach the files in /var/log/installer/ ?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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