I got the same problem a few minutes ago, from a fresh install (Ubuntu 64 bits - Gnome classic). The system switch to Chinese without any apparent reason. I have no Chinese package installed (as long as I know), I don't even know how Ubuntu can translate the UI in Chinese without the Chinese package...
I notice that the language settings for the system was still in English, but the user management setting had switch to Chinese: Cog (in the top right corner of the top panel) > System Settings > System > User Accounts (bottom right icon) Language: Chinese (why? I switched it to English and that fixed the problem) I don't want to reinstall, but I think the following steps may reproduce the bug: 1. Add an extra keyboard layout; I added the French Canadian keyboard (Cog > System Settings > Personal > Keyboard Layout) 2. I clicked on Layouts tab, added the keyboard, than I clicked on the System tab. At the bottom of the Screen, it was showing "Format: Chinese". The system was still in English at that time. Your settings * Display language: English (not sure) * Input source: English (US), French (Canada) * Format: Chinese System settings * Display language: BLANK * Input source: English (US) * Format: BLANK 3. I clicked the Language tab. For some reason, Chinese was the first one and of the list and it was selected. I manually selected English. After reboot, the system was in Chinese... What I think happened: There is nothing selected for the System settings, so nothing to fallback to when the user has no selection (for language, format and maybe other locale settings not shown there). I suppose that Ubuntu choose the first of the list (alphabetic order) which is Chinese. I can't uninstall Chinese (it seems like it's not even installed). I hope that can help to track the bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1024800 Title: Ubuntu 12.04 switches to Chinese language Status in “gnome-screensaver” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Again I had to fudge a report through ubuntu-bug to get this posted. Make a general bug report possible, because there are a lot of times there is no way to know what is causing the issue... On to the bug. Ubuntu 12.04 changes to Chinese, and using the language suport system in system settings gets you nowhere. It absolutely will not change it back to English. I did not want, nor did I try to change it to Chinese, it did so after a boot up. I found the solution to this problem, but that does not mean the bug is solved, and so I am posting this. The solution right now, is stated here: http://dennygoot.blogspot.com/2012/07/ubuntu-1204-changes-to-chinese-with-no.html Please help us remove this bug. Thank you -Denny ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gnome-screensaver 3.4.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic-pae 3.2.19 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Jul 14 15:56:11 2012 GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No GnomeSessionInhibitors: None GsettingsGnomeSession: org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay uint32 600 org.gnome.desktop.session session-name 'ubuntu' InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423) SourcePackage: gnome-screensaver Symptom: security Title: Screen locking issue UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) WindowManager: No value set for `/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/1024800/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
