I don't believe the "Invalid UTF-8" user name from bug 834137 is relate to this bug here, because that bug there occurs even in an English desktop session. Updated the description to remove that point. This bug here is about the garbled text in the dash that occurs in a German desktop session (no other languages tested yet).
** Description changed: The dash and the user menu show garbled text (incorrect encoding). Attached screenshot shows an Edubuntu Oneiric live session in German where e.g. the applications filter in the dash shows "Büro" and - "Zubehör" garbled and the user menu literally shows "Invalid UTF-8". + "Zubehör" garbled. This is Edubuntu i386 from 2011-08-28 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: unity-2d-panel 4.2.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.14-generic 3.0.3 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic i686 Architecture: i386 CasperVersion: 1.279 Date: Mon Aug 29 10:34:14 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/unity-2d-panel LiveMediaBuild: Edubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110828) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: unity-2d UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/836587 Title: Invalid UTF-8 in live session To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-2d/+bug/836587/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs