I have this bug as well. What happens is in utils.py, an os.rename call is made which tries to overwrite a temporarily modified home profile that is in /tmp over the actual .profile in your home directory. It fails with "Invalid cross-device link".
Did an strace on it all and saw a rename system call die with "-1 EXDEV (Invalid cross-device link)". The rename system call does not work across file-systems, and it failed. There are numerous ways to fix this, and I don't know all the details about what this package needs and why it might not to use shutil.move. Nonetheless, the current way obviously does not work for a lot of people, including myself. As I just want this to work on my system I have created a patch, and now it is working for me. The package maintainer can use my patch or do something else if they know more what is needed for a broader audience. It is working now for me though with my patch. ** Patch added: "Hacked patch prevents crash" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/+bug/605128/+attachment/1510009/+files/utils.py.diff -- gnome-language-selector crashed with OSError in find_string_and_replace() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/605128 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
