language kcm doesn't write env setup script

BTW the ProcEnviron.txt attached to this bug report is from after I applied the workaround (i.e. used gnome-language-selector) so that's why some of the env vars have been changed

please post the output of the following command

cat ~/.kde/env/*

Oh, and please do the following:

- revert language-selector changes

- create new user
- login
- hit alt+f2
- type kdebugdialog
- hit enter
- enable everything, apply and close
- from a terminal run:
> systemsettings &> log
- go to locale->language
- move german to the right hand list
- move german up to the top of the list
- apply and close
- in the home folder there should be a file called 'log', please attach it to this bug report

after that run the previous command again

cat ~/.kde/env/*

In the home dir of the original tim user (after undoing the gnome-language-selector changes but with the KDE Locale module changes still applied):
No KDE env directory:
tim@localhost:~$ cat ~/.kde/env/*
cat: /home/tim/.kde/env/*: No such file or directory
tim@localhost:~$ find ~/.kde/ | grep env
tim@localhost:~$

I followed your instructions exactly using a newly created user test. Still no kde/env directories, log from running systemsettings attached:
test@localhost:~$ cat ~/.kde/env/*
cat: /home/test/.kde/env/*: No such file or directory
test@localhost:~$ find /home/test/.kde/ | grep -i env
test@localhost:~$

This is in a VM I'm using to test 14.04 before installing it on my laptop. So there's no problem with testing stuff, installing debug or test packages or anything like that.

Mh, please run kdebugdialog again and enable everything, then fetch a new log. (it seems systemsettings wasn't registered as category right after login).

That is to say, if you want to start with a complete new user again... simply go to 'systemsettings -> locale -> language' before running kdebugdialog to enable everything.

I started systemsettings and browsed into locale->language before starting kdebugdialog and enabling everything this time. I'm not sure if the log has got anything useful but here's the log, seems to have at least registered that Locale was opened.

Still nothing useful inside. Did you close systemsettings after you enabled everything in kdebugdialog? Otherwise the setting changes from kdebugdialog won't apply.

Yes, I did that. Just to be sure I've tried a 3rd time:
Run systemsettings
Start kdebugdialog (with system settings still open), uncheck 'disable debug output', Select all, Apply, Ok
close system settings
systemsettings &>log
go to locale->language
move german to the right hand list
move german up to the top of the list
apply and close

log file attached

I don't think the locale module is crashing or failing to run part of its process. AFAICT it's just go extremely limited functionality and so doesn't replace the deprecated language-selector-kde. It's a bit like if the KDE System Settings Printer config only configured printers for KDE apps, and Firefox and Libreoffice or the lp* tools couldn't see the printers it created.

Right then, lets do this a different way because kdebugdialog decides to be very dumb for some reason.

- new user

- run kcmshell4 language
- close it
- run kdebugdialog
- in the search type kcmshell
- make sure kcmshell is found, if not, apply and close, run kcmshell again, rinse and repeat until kdebugdialog actually lists kcmshell

- enable everything in kdebugdialog
- make sure kcmshell is checked
- apply & close

- run
> kcmshell4 langauge &> log

- do the actual configuration
- attach log

do note, that the log should contain lines containing "KCMLocale::", if not don't bother uploading it will be useless again. this method should create a viable log though, as it's exactly what I just did.

nevermind, I found the issue

This bug was fixed in the package kde-runtime - 4:4.13.0-0ubuntu3

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kde-runtime (4:4.13.0-0ubuntu3) utopic; urgency=medium

  * Update kubuntu_langpack_install.diff from git clone. Make sure that
    writeEnv is called independent of kdebug as kdebug lines would not get
    executed unless debug is actually enabled at runtime LP: #1317115
 -- Harald Sitter <email address hidden> Thu, 08 May 2014 17:30:15 +0200

Hello Tim, or anyone else affected,

Accepted kde-runtime into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde-runtime/4:4.13.0-0ubuntu1.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

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Thanks for your help with this but unfortunately I don't think the fix has worked.
I started off by clearing the test user's home dir and copying in just what's in /etc/skel. Then System Settings->Locale, add German, put German as top priority. Logout, log back in.

Result is that even KDE seems half German/half English (whereas before the patch KDE was fully in German). See screenshots attached.

As for other programs, FIrefox is in German, but Libreoffice, Gimp and bash shell are not.

test@localhost:~$ cat .kde/env/*
export LANG=de_GB.UTF-8
export LANGUAGE=de:en
export LC_NUMERIC=de_GB.UTF-8
export LC_TIME=de_GB.UTF-8
export LC_MONETARY=de_GB.UTF-8
export LC_PAPER=de_GB.UTF-8
export LC_IDENTIFICATION=de_GB.UTF-8
export LC_NAME=de_GB.UTF-8
export LC_ADDRESS=de_GB.UTF-8
export LC_TELEPHONE=de_GB.UTF-8
export LC_MEASUREMENT=de_GB.UTF-8

You need to set your country accordingly.

That fixed it!

I also installed a 3rd language (Spanish) as an extra test, and after adding the language and chaging the country, logout/login and everything was consistently in Spanish. Then set it back to English(UK) and everything's consistent in that too.

Thanks again for fixing the bug!

This bug was fixed in the package kde-runtime - 4:4.13.0-0ubuntu1.1

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kde-runtime (4:4.13.0-0ubuntu1.1) trusty; urgency=medium

  * Update kubuntu_langpack_install.diff from git clone. Make sure that
    writeEnv is called independent of kdebug as kdebug lines would not get
    executed unless debug is actually enabled at runtime LP: #1317115
 -- Harald Sitter <email address hidden> Thu, 08 May 2014 17:34:53 +0200

The verification of the Stable Release Update for kde-runtime has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.