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[Raphael Landeck <2120502@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

When I'm logged into a non-admin user account, no matter how often I use
language-selector to switch to a different language, the menus all stay
in the old language. Or at least that was my experience with trying to
switch from English to German. Rebooting doesn't help, and neither does
trying to use sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales to change the system
language to "none". This version of Ubuntu Mate apparently insists that
there has to be a system language and that every user has to use that
system language. Very unhelpful in multilingual environments.

Note that I experienced the bug before I changed the system language to
German.

Version 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) 64-bit
Kernel Linux 6.14.0-27-generic x86_64
MATE 1.26.2

language-selector-gnome 0.227

(Might be a bug in an entirely different part of the system rather than
that package, though.)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.04
Package: language-selector-gnome 0.227
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.14.0-27.27-generic 6.14.6
Uname: Linux 6.14.0-27-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.32.0-0ubuntu5.3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Tue Aug 12 23:33:18 2025
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-language-selector
InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-08-12 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" - Release amd64 (20250415.2)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.13
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.13, Python 3.13.3, python3-minimal, 3.13.3-1
PythonDetails: N/A
SourcePackage: language-selector
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: language-selector (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug plucky

** Description changed:

  When I'm logged into a non-admin user account, no matter how often I use
  language-selector to switch to a different language, the menus all stay
  in the old language. Or at least that was my experience with trying to
  switch from English to German. Rebooting doesn't help, and neither does
  trying to use sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales to change the system
  language to "none". This version of Ubuntu Mate apparently insists that
  there has to be a system language and that every user has to use that
  system language. Very unhelpful in multilingual environments.
+ 
+ Note that I experienced the bug before I changed the system language to
+ German.
  
  Version 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) 64-bit
  Kernel Linux 6.14.0-27-generic x86_64
  MATE 1.26.2
  
  language-selector-gnome 0.227
  
  (Might be a bug in an entirely different part of the system rather than
  that package, though.)
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.04
  Package: language-selector-gnome 0.227
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.14.0-27.27-generic 6.14.6
  Uname: Linux 6.14.0-27-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.32.0-0ubuntu5.3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: MATE
  Date: Tue Aug 12 23:33:18 2025
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-language-selector
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-08-12 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" - Release amd64 (20250415.2)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.13
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
-  LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
-  PATH=(custom, no user)
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
-  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
+  LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
+  PATH=(custom, no user)
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.13, Python 3.13.3, python3-minimal, 3.13.3-1
  PythonDetails: N/A
  SourcePackage: language-selector
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2120502

Title:
  Operating system ignores changes to non-admin users' language settings

Status in language-selector package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When I'm logged into a non-admin user account, no matter how often I
  use language-selector to switch to a different language, the menus all
  stay in the old language. Or at least that was my experience with
  trying to switch from English to German. Rebooting doesn't help, and
  neither does trying to use sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales to change the
  system language to "none". This version of Ubuntu Mate apparently
  insists that there has to be a system language and that every user has
  to use that system language. Very unhelpful in multilingual
  environments.

  Note that I experienced the bug before I changed the system language
  to German.

  Version 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) 64-bit
  Kernel Linux 6.14.0-27-generic x86_64
  MATE 1.26.2

  language-selector-gnome 0.227

  (Might be a bug in an entirely different part of the system rather
  than that package, though.)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.04
  Package: language-selector-gnome 0.227
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.14.0-27.27-generic 6.14.6
  Uname: Linux 6.14.0-27-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.32.0-0ubuntu5.3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: MATE
  Date: Tue Aug 12 23:33:18 2025
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-language-selector
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-08-12 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" - Release amd64 (20250415.2)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.13
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.13, Python 3.13.3, python3-minimal, 3.13.3-1
  PythonDetails: N/A
  SourcePackage: language-selector
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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