It works for me. I suspect that you simply have misunderstood the Language Support GUI. Can you please answer the questions I asked in comment #3?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to language-selector in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1265331 Title: Language selector doesn't update the whole file /etc/default/language, some lines still include "en_US" locale. Status in “language-selector” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Steps to recreate bug: 1) install ubuntu with english language 2) then install some other language via language-selector-gnome and make it default (+ delete english locale for the greater sure:) 3) log out and login What happens? Whole ubuntu system still in english, and in /etc/default/locale you'll see... LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LANGUAGE="en" LC_NUMERIC="ru_RU.UTF-8" LC_TIME="ru_RU.UTF-8" LC_MONETARY="ru_RU.UTF-8" LC_PAPER="ru_RU.UTF-8" LC_IDENTIFICATION="ru_RU.UTF-8" LC_NAME="ru_RU.UTF-8" LC_ADDRESS="ru_RU.UTF-8" LC_TELEPHONE="ru_RU.UTF-8" LC_MEASUREMENT="ru_RU.UTF-8" lol! After manually editing this file to "ru_RU" and "ru", "sudo update-locale", logout & login all Works. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: language-selector-gnome 0.116 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-14.21-generic 3.11.7 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-14-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Jan 1 18:46:31 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-01 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: language-selector UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/+bug/1265331/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
