[Bug 362204] Re: gnome-language-selector don't let the user understand if he/she has modified something or not

[Mélodie]

Hello,

I have been trying to switch language with gnome-language selector
today. I was using a Lubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, which I customized
and remixed with Remastersys.

I have installed it in English to a Virtualbox machine, and after that I
tried to switch to French. When I opened the gui, the English language
from different English speaking countries where presented : "English" in
first, the other ones grayed, and at the end of the list "French" was
there and greyed too so these ones I could try to click on them, nothing
happened.

I tried to change : first went to the next tab and unticked English.
Then English packages for locales where removed. Rebooted. Alas the
menus where still in English.

I tried again, and again, rebootin between each trial, once starting the
program from the console to seek for messages, added libperl-locale, and
several other packages in case it would help. Rebooted again and again
each time in hope the language would have changed but no go!

I started the program again from console, but this time invoking it with
gksu : the result was not better. Anything tried failed, the line for
the language was now "French" and was alone there, but the menus where
still in English.

As it's Lubuntu, I also tried to erase the menu cache file in
~/.config/menus, but that didn't do it either.

At the end, fed up from trying I went to edit the /etc/default/locale by
hand, rebooted, and : yes ! the menus from the panel, from lightdm login
screen, and in applications where now in French ! Hurrah !

Well, it seems to me that "Gnome language selector" is a gui application
which does nothing.

Do you think it could be reviewed and fixed ? (All users know not how to
edit files by hand, or even have an idea that there is a file, and
where).

Thank you very much for trying.

Mélodie

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Title:
  gnome-language-selector don't let the user understand if he/she has
  modified something or not

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

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: evolution

  gnome-language-selector isn't clear for the user: the user doesn't
  understand whether he/she has changed somnething or not. It lack a
  button saying "save new settings" and a "discard" one.

  Besides that, if I add a language with the button "install/remove
  languages...", it doesn't remember it: it asks me for my password, it
  checks language availability, but apparently it doesn't install the
  packages relative to the new language.

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