some of the buttons contain the string "button label|"

[klamech]

two buttons contain text which looks like it's supposed to be a variable name, not value:

Button Label|Sessions and Startup
Button Label|Splash Screen

buttons otherwize work fine, just are mislabeled by containing the "Button Label|" string

info:

1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu.

Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

(using xubuntu)

2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy packagename' or by checking in Synaptic.

4.4.2-3ubuntu2

[klamech (klamech)]

oh, duh, it might help if you know what i'm talking about :-D

the gui settings thing of xfce: start via terminal with xfce-setting-show, or go to Applications > Settings > Settings manager.

[Vincent (vinnl)]

What language are you using? Probably en (UK) or something, I guess? AFAIK it's caused by the translators also translating the "Button label|" part...

I'll see if I can fix it, but I don't think you'll be seeing the result in Xubuntu unless another version of Xfce 4.4 will be released and packaged for Xubuntu (which I doubt). The next version of Xubuntu should include Xfce 4.6 which has a new settings manager (with new translations).

So, which language are you using?

[klamech (klamech)]

ta. and yes, English (UK)

[Vincent (vinnl)]

Hmm, apparently I don't know how to fix it, sorry... I've reported the bug upstream.

[Vincent (vinnl)]

Might be handy to know where...

http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4773

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

What's your locale? ta or en?
Some strings are indeed missing in the Tamil translation for xfce4-session (marked as fuzzy in po/ta.po, that's why they aren't translated and the weird "Label|" stuff appears...)

[Pasi Lallinaho (knome)]

My locale is en.

"Button Label|" is in items "Sessions and Startup" and "Splash Screen".

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

Confirmed, this is a Xubuntu specific issue though.
Xfce4-session is heavily patched for the logout dialog in xubuntu, and thus use translations coming from Rosetta (which are of course broken, as usual...).

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package xfce4-session - 4.4.3-0ubuntu3

---------------
xfce4-session (4.4.3-0ubuntu3) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Fix broken translations (LP: #313688):
    - debian/rules, debian/xubuntu-po/*: don't install these files, they contain
      broken strings
    - debian/patches/xubuntu-fix-logout-dialog-translations.patch: use this
      minimal patch instead (taken from hardy-updates and slightly updated to
      apply cleanly).

 -- Lionel Le Folgoc <email address hidden> Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:46:32 +0100

[Alex Valavanis (valavanisalex)]

Intrepid Ibex reached end-of-life on 30 April 2010 so I am closing the
report. The bug has been fixed in newer releases of Ubuntu.