Of course the settings are stored in one or more files. The computer doesn't read your mind, you know. ;-) (At least not yet...)
To begin with I'm interested in the contents of three files, so can you please let us know the output of these commands from a terminal window: cat /etc/default/locale cat ~/.pam_environment cat ~/.profile -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/663694 Title: apt-get fails with LANG=es_ES.utf8, succeeds with LANG=C To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/langpack-locales/+bug/663694/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs