Public bug reported: When clicking the Backgrounds applet in the Settings, nothing happens. In Terminal, the Python exception is visible:
...cs_backgounds.py, line 130, in on_module_selected path = subprocess.check_output(["xdg-user-dir", "PICTURES"]).decode("utf-8").rstrip("\n") UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xe9 in position 13: invalid start byte This is apparently caused by my locale, being "ru_RU.koi8-r". When I set the locale to C, it opens, but all the folders are empty. The terminal is spammed with: Failed to convert /usr/share/backgrouns/blah.jpeg: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte..... etc. ** Affects: cinnamon (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1792826 Title: Cannot select desktop Background in KOI-8 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cinnamon/+bug/1792826/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs