GNOME Shell

Umlauts missing in several Gnome Applications

Bug #793055 reported by guerda on 2011-06-05

This bug affects 2 people

	Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
GNOME Shell	Unknown	High	gnome-bugs #652340
ugr-seeds	Fix Released	High	Unassigned	ugr-seeds 1.0.0 "Andromeda"
gnome-shell (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-shell

I installed gnome-shell and gnome-themes-standard via the gnome3 ppa [1] and it's fantastic, really good!
There's only one problem, I face with gnome-shell on amd64 and i386. There are no umlauts in several gnome applications, e.g. gnome-terminal and all dialoges of update-manager and gedit.

In the terminal, a "ß" is replaced by "ss" and all other German umlauts are replaced by "?". If I want to update my Ubuntu, the update-manager shows me the button "Pr?fen" (German word for "Check").
In Firefox, Eclipse and Empathy, all umlauts are working.
I tried updating the language settings, but all are correctly installed.

Here are the technical information:

Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04

gnome-shell:
  Installiert: 3.0.2-0ubuntu1~build1
  Kandidat: 3.0.2-0ubuntu1~build1
  Versionstabelle:
*** 3.0.2-0ubuntu1~build1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnome3-team/gnome3/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I thought this is just a small error, but as it occurs on amd64 and i386, I think it's severe.

[1]: http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnome3-team/gnome3/ubuntu

Tags:

Related branches

lp://staging/~gnome3-team/gnome-shell/ubuntu

Rejected for merging into lp://staging/gnome-shell

Данило Шеган (community): Disapprove on 2011-09-16

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Maia Everett (linneris) wrote on 2011-06-07:

Please do not file bugs about versions from PPAs, especially unstable ones. They are officially unsupported.

Could you verify if this issue still persists in Oneiric?

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

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guerda (derguerda) wrote on 2011-06-07:

I'm sorry I posted it here. I've got one question: Where should I post it either way?

Back to topic: On i386 the bug does not occur anymore, on amd64, it still persists...
I haven't tested it on Oneiric.

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Shimi Chen (shimi-chen) wrote on 2011-06-10:

There seems to be no way to link this bug only with the PPA you used and not the official Ubuntu package so perhaps it is best if you post it in the GNOME bugzilla:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/

To contact the GNOME3 team whom are maintaining that PPA:
<email address hidden>

For now I think it's best to leave this as Incomplete pending someone testing this in the official Oneiric package.

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guerda (derguerda) wrote on 2011-06-11:

Hi Shimi,

I filed a bug over there: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=652340
Hope, this get fixed.

Greetings,
Philip

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2011-06-11

Changed in gnome-shell:
importance:	Unknown → High
status:	Unknown → Incomplete

JC Hulce (soaringsky) on 2011-06-18

Changed in ugr-meta:
status:	New → Incomplete
importance:	Undecided → High
milestone:	none → 1.0.0

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Andre Klapper (a9016009) wrote on 2011-06-19:

@Shimi Chen:

> There seems to be no way to link this bug only
> with the PPA you used and not the official Ubuntu
> package so perhaps it is best if you post it in the
> GNOME bugzilla: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/

https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3 clearly says "For questions and bugs with software in this PPA please contact GNOME3 Team." and not "File a bug report upstream". I'd prefer if downstream developers first clearly say "This is an upstream issue" instead of spending time closing Ubuntu-only reports as NOTGNOME/INVALID.

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Milan Bouchet-Valat (nalimilan) wrote on 2011-06-19:

Actually, it seems we should tag it "gnome3", and subscribe the gnome3 team.

tags:

added: gnome3

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Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote on 2011-06-19:

There are several issues with gdm3 in Ubuntu, one of which has to do with the locale. Please try using a different login screen: lightdm is currently the default for 11.10. Also, the correct way to fix Gnome 3 PPA bugs now is to fix them in Oneiric since the Oneiric packages are getting downsynced to the PPA.

So, please check to see if this is still an issue in Oneiric. Note that Oneiric still has gdm 2 in the repositories; gdm 3 has not been packaged good enough to go in yet.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2011-06-20

Changed in gnome-shell:
status:	Incomplete → Unknown

Roger (rgrwbb8) on 2016-09-02

Changed in ugr-seeds:
assignee:	nobody → Roger (rgrwbb8)
assignee:	Roger (rgrwbb8) → nobody
status:	Incomplete → Confirmed
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Fix Committed
Changed in ugr-seeds:
status:	Confirmed → Fix Committed

Roger (rgrwbb8) on 2016-09-02

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in ugr-seeds:
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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