From #ubuntu-release, Jeremy suggested that this needs doing before the
language packs are generated for 24.04.1.
** Changed in: gsettings-desktop-schemas (Ubuntu Noble)
Milestone: None => ubuntu-24.04.1
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2064656
Title:
gnome-shell spams the journal with `Failed to parse translated string
'„24h“' for key 'clock-format' in schema
'org.gnome.desktop.interface': 0:expected value` multiple times every
second for users using the lt_LT , ru_RU, Indonesian (id) and maybe
other locales
Status in GSettings Desktop Schemas:
Fix Released
Status in gsettings-desktop-schemas package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in gsettings-desktop-schemas source package in Noble:
In Progress
Bug description:
Impact
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The systemd journal gets a lot of warnings about an incorrect translation for
the default Ubuntu Desktop when used with certain languages including Georgian,
Indonesian, Lithuanian, and Russian.
This issue is much worse if someone has enabled the show Seconds
option in the top bar clock.
This issue is being fixed by packaging the new bugfix release of
gsettings-desktop-schemas 46.1. There were only translation updates in
this release.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gsettings-desktop-
schemas/-/compare/46.0...46.1
Test Case
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1. Open a terminal and run sudo apt install language-pack-gnome-lt
2. Close the terminal
3. Open the Settings app (gnome-control-center)
4. In the side bar, click System, then Date & Time. Turn on Seconds.
5. Close the Settings app.
6. Open the Language Support app.
You can click Remind me later if you see a warning that says "The language
support is not installed completely."
7. Drag Lietuvių to the top of the list.
8. Log out
9. Log back in.
10. Open a terminal and run journalctl -f. You should not see any of the
clock-format warnings mentioned in the Original Bug Report below.
What Could Go Wrong
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As a component of GNOME core, there is a micro-release exception for
gsettings-desktop-schemas.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates/GNOME
Other Info
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Because gsettings-desktop-schemas is included in Ubuntu language packs, this
issue is actually only fixed with a language pack update. Ubuntu currently only
updates language packs shortly before Ubuntu LTS point releases.
Therefore, we will need to push this update without being able to
verify the Test Case first.
Original Bug Report
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After upgrading to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS I ran journalctl -f and noticed that
gnome-shell was spamming errors at the rate of 12 lines every second:
geg. 02 18:29:19 blynas gnome-shell[3980]: Failed to parse translated string
'„24h“' for key 'clock-format' in schema 'org.gnome.desktop.interface':
0:expected value
geg. 02 18:29:19 blynas gnome-shell[3980]: Using untranslated default instead.
geg. 02 18:29:20 blynas gnome-shell[3980]: Failed to parse translated string
'„24h“' for key 'clock-format' in schema 'org.gnome.desktop.interface':
0:expected value
geg. 02 18:29:20 blynas gnome-shell[3980]: Using untranslated default instead.
geg. 02 18:29:20 blynas gnome-shell[3980]: Failed to parse translated string
'„24h“' for key 'clock-format' in schema 'org.gnome.desktop.interface':
0:expected value
geg. 02 18:29:20 blynas gnome-shell[3980]: Using untranslated default instead.
geg. 02 18:29:20 blynas gnome-shell[3980]: Failed to parse translated string
'„24h“' for key 'clock-format' in schema 'org.gnome.desktop.interface':
0:expected value
geg. 02 18:29:20 blynas gnome-shell[3980]: Using untranslated default instead.
geg. 02 18:29:20 blynas gnome-shell[3980]: Failed to parse translated string
'„24h“' for key 'clock-format' in schema 'org.gnome.desktop.interface':
0:expected value
geg. 02 18:29:20 blynas gnome-shell[3980]: Using untranslated default instead.
geg. 02 18:29:20 blynas gnome-shell[3980]: Failed to parse translated string
'„24h“' for key 'clock-format' in schema 'org.gnome.desktop.interface':
0:expected value
geg. 02 18:29:20 blynas gnome-shell[3980]: Using untranslated default instead.
geg. 02 18:29:20 blynas gnome-shell[3980]: Failed to parse translated string
'„24h“' for key 'clock-format' in schema 'org.gnome.desktop.interface':
0:expected value
geg. 02 18:29:20 blynas gnome-shell[3980]: Using untranslated default instead.
My locale is lt_LT.UTF-8, but this issue appears also in ru_RU, id
(Indonesian) and maybe other locales.
This is caused by a mistaken translation of the quote characters in "'24h'"
which is used as the default value for a particular gsettings key.
Specifically, this translation:
https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/noble/+source/gsettings-desktop-schemas/+pots/gsettings-desktop-schemas/lt/232/+translate
https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/noble/+source/gsettings-desktop-schemas/+pots/gsettings-desktop-schemas/ru/232/+translate
https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/noble/+source/gsettings-desktop-schemas/+pots/gsettings-desktop-schemas/id/232/+translate
Since I'm a member of the Lithuanian translators team, I've fixed the
translation error for Lithuanian language in
translations.launchpad.net, but I can't fix for other languages, also
gnome-shell will continue to spam multiple errors every second until
an updated language-pack-gnome-lt-base (and for other languages) is
released.
(I've also submitted a fixed Lithuanian translation upstream to
l10n.gnome.org , but not for other languages)
Workaround: run dconf-editor, find /org/gnome/desktop/interface/clock-format,
uncheck Use default value, click Apply.
System-wide workaround for Lithuanian language:
msgunfmt
/usr/share/locale-langpack/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gsettings-desktop-schemas.mo -o
/tmp/gsettings-desktop-schemas.po && sed -i "s/„24h“/'24h'/g"
/tmp/gsettings-desktop-schemas.po && msgfmt gsettings-desktop-schemas.po -o
/usr/share/locale-langpack/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gsettings-desktop-schemas.mo
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: gnome-shell 46.0-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-31.31-generic 6.8.1
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu May 2 18:25:59 2024
DisplayManager: gdm3
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-06-12 (1786 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416)
RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 46.0-1ubuntu9
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2024-05-02 (0 days ago)
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