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gnome-language-selector crashed with DBusException in call_blocking(): org.freedesktop.Accounts.Error.Failed: 'ro_RO.UTF-8' is not a valid locale name

Bug #931060 reported by Cristian Neacsu
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Bug Description

gnome-language-selector crashed with DBusException in call_blocking(): org.freedesktop.Accounts.Error.Failed: 'ro_RO.UTF-8' is not a valid locale name( Romanian in my case)

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: language-selector-gnome 0.69
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-15.24-generic 3.2.5
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Feb 12 19:32:05 2012
DuplicateOf: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/930785
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-language-selector
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120201.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/gnome-language-selector
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/gnome-language-selector']
SourcePackage: language-selector
Title: gnome-language-selector crashed with DBusException in call_blocking(): org.freedesktop.Accounts.Error.Failed: 'ro_RO.UTF-8' is not a valid locale name
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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Cristian Neacsu (cristian.ncs) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : This bug is a duplicate

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #930785, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
visibility: private → public
visibility: private → public
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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) wrote :

Hi Cristian,
Thanks for your effort to improve Ubuntu by reporting this issue! I could reproduce it by installing a new language and instantly pick a locale for the new language on the "Regional formats" tab. I assume that's what you did too - please correct me if your case is different.

Martin:
It's the user_locale_validate() function in accountsservice/src/user.c that caused this crash. Is there a simple way to make setlocale() instantly aware of newly generated locales? If not I guess that playing with 'locale -a' in user_locale_validate() would be safer than calling setlocale().
(Also, can you please make bug 930785 public.)

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Re: [Bug 931060] Re: gnome-language-selector crashed with DBusException in call_blocking(): org.freedesktop.Accounts.Error.Failed: 'ro_RO.UTF-8' is not a valid locale name

Gunnar Hjalmarsson [2012-02-13 3:01 -0000]:
> It's the user_locale_validate() function in
> accountsservice/src/user.c that caused this crash. Is there a simple
> way to make setlocale() instantly aware of newly generated locales?
> If not I guess that playing with 'locale -a' in
> user_locale_validate() would be safer than calling setlocale().

I don't know off-hand myself. My guess is that libc reads them at
program startup, so somehow you'd need to convince it to re-read it.

But that locale -a workaround wouldn't help language-selector, as you
still couldn't actually set the locale for language-selector itself or
the session, you need to relogin in any case.

> (Also, can you please make bug 930785 public.)

Done.
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Martin Pitt | http://www.piware.de
Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com) | Debian Developer (www.debian.org)

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