/usr/bin/gnome-language-selector:SystemError:on_activate:__init__:updateLanguageView:openCache:__init__:__init__:open

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The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding language-selector. This problem was most recently seen with version 0.135, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/a23abebe0fac9728fd8b935f6fcf1df705ab81b8 contains more details.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Here is the traceback:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gnome-language-selector", line 22, in on_activate
    options=options)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/LanguageSelector/gtk/GtkLanguageSelector.py", line 196, in __init__
    self.updateLanguageView()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/LanguageSelector/gtk/GtkLanguageSelector.py", line 709, in updateLanguageView
    self.openCache(progress)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/LanguageSelector/LanguageSelector.py", line 33, in openCache
    self._cache = LanguageSelector.LangCache.LanguageSelectorPkgCache(self._localeinfo, progress)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/LanguageSelector/LangCache.py", line 76, in __init__
    apt.Cache.__init__(self, progress)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 107, in __init__
    self.open(progress)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 151, in open
    self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress)
SystemError: E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty-security_main_i18n_Translation-en, E:パッケージリストまたはステータスファイルを解釈またはオープンすることができません。

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

It looks like it is really a problem with apt's processing of the files on the user's system.

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

Closing this bug due to its age. Please file a new report, if the problem can be reproduced on a current Ubuntu version.

[atarito (ferrangar)]

Xubuntu16.04 23May2016 :(

$ gnome-language-selector
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gnome-language-selector", line 22, in on_activate
    options=options)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/LanguageSelector/gtk/GtkLanguageSelector.py", line 202, in __init__
    self.check_input_methods()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/LanguageSelector/gtk/GtkLanguageSelector.py", line 57, in wrapper
    res = f(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/LanguageSelector/gtk/GtkLanguageSelector.py", line 453, in check_input_methods
    currentIM = self.ImConfig.getCurrentInputMethod()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/LanguageSelector/ImConfig.py", line 41, in getCurrentInputMethod
    or locale.getlocale(locale.LC_CTYPE)[0][:3] in ['zh_', 'ja_', 'ko_', 'vi_']:
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not subscriptable
$ uname -a
Linux pegasus 4.4.0-22-generic #40-Ubuntu SMP Thu May 12 22:03:46 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

atarito: If you can reproduce that error, please file a new bug report instead of using this old and unrelated one. Also, if so, please show the output of the locale command.