[Bug 1008344] Re: [Precise] Language selector won't allow me to install languages

[Justin Meyer]

PolicyKit's checks are mooted by line 145 of /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-
packages/LanguageSelector/gtk/GtkLanguageSelector.py, which reads
simply:

145         self.is_admin = (os.getuid() == 0 or in_grp_sudo or
in_grp_admin)

Later, on line 192:

192         if self.is_admin:                                                        
193             self.setupInstallerTreeView()                                        
194             self.updateLanguageView()            

Thus the buttons are clickable iff the user launching the utility is in
the sudo or admin groups. A quick edit of line 145 to simply read

145         self.is_admin = True #(os.getuid() == 0 or in_grp_sudo or
in_grp_admin)

...immediately makes the buttons accessible and semi-functional: I can
e.g. select Install / Remove Languages, then click Japanese, then click
Apply Changes, and things proceed normally - I get a PolicyKit prompt,
give it my password, and get my Japanese support.

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Title:
  [Precise] Language selector won't allow me to install languages

Status in “language-selector” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  In a new install of Ubuntu Precise, I cannot make any system-wide
  changes in the language selector (such as installing languages or
  clicking "Apply System-Wide"), only user-specific changes. All those
  controls for system-wide changes are greyed out, although my user does
  have sudo abilities and I would be able to enter the root password of
  the machine.

  The machine is freshly installed, but with customizations specific to
  our site, e.g. ldap authentication for users. Specifically, my user is
  an ldap user, not a local one, and there is a group in the ldap
  directory which was granted sudo capability by adding it to
  /etc/sudoers. My user is part of that group. sudo on the command line
  and gksudo work fine.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: language-selector-gnome 0.79
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Jun  4 08:20:04 2012
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:
   TERM=screen-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: language-selector
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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