Setting language localization doesn't set system-wide

[Benjamin J Norton]

I am running Precise 64 bit... when I install and set localization to US English it doesn't set language system wide.. by that I mean Thunderbird uses Australian English dictionary, Firefox initially uses British English and other applications, Drivel for example will continue to use other English language dictionary (not sure which one but it likes favourite not favorite). I know that I can go from application to application changing them all but it really is wasteful to have to do so... I don't understand why at install time your language selection cannot do this. Also, in regards to Drivel, it will continue to use other English unless I delete all other language packs from /usr/share/hunspell/ and these other languages seem to come back every time Firefox upgrades. This is very frustrating. I refuse to believe that it is not possible to have the install process language settings respected system wide.

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[Book 'em Dano (heymrdjd)]

Can you type 'locale' into a terminal and paste the output here?

[Benjamin J Norton (leomcsnarf)]

On 11/12/2012 02:12 PM, Book 'em Dano wrote:
> Can you type 'locale' into a terminal and paste the output here?
>
> ** Package changed: ubuntu => eglibc (Ubuntu)
>
> ** Changed in: eglibc (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

[Barry Warsaw (barry)]

With the above locale settings, do you get the same problem if you e.g. start thunderbird from the command line shell (gnome-terminal) as when you start it from the launcher?

[gf (gf-interlinks-deactivatedaccount)]

Hello Benjamin,
Thank you for submitting this bug and reporting a problem with language settings.

You made this bug report in 2012 and there have been several versions of Ubuntu since then.

Could you confirm that this is no longer a problem and that we can close the ticket?
Or, if it is still a problem, could you run the following (only once):
apport-collect 1077267

and upload the updated logs and and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

Thank you again for helping make Ubuntu better.

G

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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