Gnome Language Selector fails to open, crashes after "loading"

[Donald Lhoëst]

Clean install

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: language-selector-gnome 0.56
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jan 3 23:12:30 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
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)

[Donald Lhoëst (d-lhoest-y)]

When opening from a terminal :

dlhoest@Dell:~$ gnome-language-selector

(gnome-language-selector:14375): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_get_pointer: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

(gnome-language-selector:14375): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_get_pointer: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

(gnome-language-selector:14375): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_get_pointer: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

(gnome-language-selector:14375): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_get_pointer: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

(gnome-language-selector:14375): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_get_pointer: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

(gnome-language-selector:14375): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_get_pointer: assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gnome-language-selector", line 27, in <module>
    options=options)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/LanguageSelector/gtk/GtkLanguageSelector.py", line 192, in __init__
    self.updateLocaleChooserCombo()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/LanguageSelector/gtk/GtkLanguageSelector.py", line 57, in wrapper
    res = f(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/LanguageSelector/gtk/GtkLanguageSelector.py", line 853, in updateLocaleChooserCombo
    self.updateExampleBox()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/LanguageSelector/gtk/GtkLanguageSelector.py", line 926, in updateExampleBox
    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, mylocale)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 539, in setlocale
    locale = normalize(_build_localename(locale))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 447, in _build_localename
    language, encoding = localetuple
ValueError: too many values to unpack
dlhoest@Dell:~$

I just wanted to install a new set of dictionary but cant', obviously.

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

Thanks for helping improve Ubuntu by reporting this issue! language-selector 0.56.1, which fixes it, is available in oneiric-proposed.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/+bug/909256/comments/10

[Donald Lhoëst (d-lhoest-y)]

Thank you very much for your help indeed!