@Edward: Close, but not quite right. ;-) @gcb: You are right, and that's by design.
Personally I don't see a problem with it in practice. The point with having non-admin accounts is to prevent certain users from doing certain things. Users of such accounts typically do not know any admin password. If you want to do admin tasks once in a while without switching to an admin user, just be logged in as an admin users all the time. This aspect of Language Support is covered by the discussion at bug 1008344. ** Package changed: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) => language-selector (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: language-selector (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist ** Changed in: language-selector (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1127778 Title: non-admin users can't add languages even knowing admin password To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/+bug/1127778/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs