Im, having the same issue. Installed Ubuntu 12.04 english, updated, ainstalled new language pack, but I cant set it on top of other languages. It crashes axactly as Thomas Rosted Jensen reported earlier.
Launching gnome-language-selector from the terminal, gives following error just after dragging the new language name on top of others: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/LanguageSelector/gtk/GtkLanguageSelector.py", line 62, in wrapper res = f(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/LanguageSelector/gtk/GtkLanguageSelector.py", line 1047, in on_treeview_locales_drag_end self.writeUserLanguage(envLanguage) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/LanguageSelector/gtk/GtkLanguageSelector.py", line 800, in writeUserLanguage self.writeUserLanguageSetting(userLanguage=languageString) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/LanguageSelector/LanguageSelector.py", line 83, in writeUserLanguageSetting iface.SetLanguage(userLanguage) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 70, in __call__ return self._proxy_method(*args, **keywords) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 145, in __call__ **keywords) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 651, in call_blocking message, timeout) dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.Accounts.Error.Failed: not access to HOME yet so language not saved BTW: my home folder was from previous system, same user name just cleared all hidden settings folders ( .* ), not sure if it matters. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to language-selector in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/846572 Title: gnome-language-selector crashed with DBusException in call_blocking(): org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: Method "SetLanguage" with signature "s" on interface "org.freedesktop.Accounts.User" doesn't exist Status in “language-selector” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Nothing more writing on terminal and this error appeared ! I have two layouts: Ara, En ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: language-selector-gnome 0.51 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.22.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Sep 10 15:16:31 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-language-selector InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7 PackageArchitecture: all ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/gnome-language-selector ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 PATH=(custom, no user) LANGUAGE=en_US:en LANG=en_US.UTF-8 PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/gnome-language-selector'] SourcePackage: language-selector Title: gnome-language-selector crashed with DBusException in call_blocking(): org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: Method "SetLanguage" with signature "s" on interface "org.freedesktop.Accounts.User" doesn't exist UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-24 (17 days ago) UserGroups: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/+bug/846572/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp