Fwd: [Bug 1194985] Re: gnome-language-selector crashed with TypeError in getUserDefaultLanguage(): can't use a string pattern on a bytes-like object

[Nio Wiklund]

Hi,

This bug makes it hard to change language after installation. Please
check if you have it too, and if so, please add that it affects you!

-o-

I found it, when I had installed Lubuntu with the One Button Installer
(and a text operating Ubuntu Mini system to drive it). It was installed
and is running within 128 Mb RAM now (via the boot option mem).

I ran with full memory, 1.25GB, for a while to update-upgrade and do
some more testing. And of course, it's a huge difference in performance,
but I could run Firefox and view this bug at Launchpad also with 128 MB
RAM. The following output from free was taken after Firefox was closed.
While Firefox was running cpu, ram and swap were all near or above 100 :-P
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tester at saucy-a:~$ free -m
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:           116        113          2          0          6         35
-/+ buffers/cache:         72         43
Swap:         1198         67       1131
tester at saucy-a:~$
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I can upload a screenshot somewhere, if someone wants to see it (we are
discouraged to add big attachments here, which is good).

Best regards
Nio

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [Bug 1194985] Re: gnome-language-selector crashed with
TypeError in getUserDefaultLanguage(): can't use a string pattern on a
bytes-like object
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 18:40:04 -0000
From: Apport retracing service <1194985 at bugs.launchpad.net>
Reply-To: Bug 1194985 <1194985 at bugs.launchpad.net>
To: nio.wiklund at gmail.com

** Tags removed: need-duplicate-check

** Changed in: language-selector (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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Title:
  gnome-language-selector crashed with TypeError in
  getUserDefaultLanguage(): can't use a string pattern on a bytes-like
  object

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

Bug description:
  I tried to change language (or at least keyboard) and a window flashed
  up but was closed, and the apport system caught it. This is an
  installed Lubuntu 32-bit system (13.10 alpha)

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: language-selector-gnome 0.113
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.9.0-7.15-generic 3.9.7
  Uname: Linux 3.9.0-7-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  CrashCounter: 1
  Date: Wed Jun 26 20:29:41 2013
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-language-selector
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-25 (1 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha i386
(20130624)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.3
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3.3 /usr/bin/gnome-language-selector
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/gnome-language-selector']
  SourcePackage: language-selector
  Title: gnome-language-selector crashed with TypeError in
getUserDefaultLanguage(): can't use a string pattern on a bytes-like object
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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