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The application Language Support has closed unexpectedly.

Asked by Alberto

Hello Techies,...

[... ]The application Language Support has closed unexpectedly.
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/usr/bin/gnome-language-selector [...]

This is what appears when I select Regional Formats and try to set it to English (USA) as it is set to Italian.
I click English, the system starts thinking and the result is as above.
I click continue and the system thinks over and over and over. It doesn't stop thinking any more.
I tried to remove Italian, nothing.
To reinstall it, nothing.
I tried and learn something via Ubuntu Software Center, now Software, but it's very difficult to know what apps are installed to my machine, as it doesn't seem to run properly when I select Installed: it thinks over and over and over. It doesn't stop thinking.

Xubuntu 16-04 LTS, 32 bits, installed from Live session, 0 errors...

Many thanks!
Alberto

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

If you try starting /usr/bin/gnome-language-selector from a terminal window, what do you get?

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Alberto (alby-the-baldy) said : 		#2

Hello Manfred,
yesterday the system didn't even ask for pw to authenticate.
Today it did and the first time I ran the command the result was:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/LanguageSelector/gtk/GtkLanguageSelector.py", line 67, in wrapper
    res = f(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/LanguageSelector/gtk/GtkLanguageSelector.py", line 79, in wrapper
    res = f(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/LanguageSelector/gtk/GtkLanguageSelector.py", line 1103, in on_button_apply_system_wide_locale_clicked
    self.writeSystemFormats()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/LanguageSelector/gtk/GtkLanguageSelector.py", line 759, in writeSystemFormats
    self.writeSysFormatsSetting(sysFormats=code)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/LanguageSelector/LanguageSelector.py", line 55, in writeSysFormatsSetting
    iface.SetSystemDefaultFormatsEnv(sysFormats)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 70, in __call__
    return self._proxy_method(*args, **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 145, in __call__
    **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 651, in call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

The second time I ran it everything worked properly: I gave the pw and the language was changed. I could see it was changed after I booted my jalopy.

I can add this: I updated the system before trying what you suggested. I guess whether something in it "cured" the application.

To me the problem is solved, but if you want some more information to understand the first result I got you can rely on me.

Thanks, Alberto

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Best Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#3

I suggest that you keep an eye on your system with the hope, that such problem does not show again.

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Alberto (alby-the-baldy) said : 		#4

Thanks Manfred Hampl, that solved my question.