Public bug reported: Changing the /etc/default/locale allowed it to boot. However this looks very bad since i installed from the Daily live Ubuntu GNOME cd from root and hadn't even logged in yet, much less changed the locale settings.
The file was like this: LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LANGUAGE="en_US:en" LC_NUMERIC="pt_PT" LC_TIME="pt_PT" LC_MONETARY="pt_PT" LC_PAPER="pt_PT" LC_NAME="pt_PT" LC_ADDRESS="pt_PT" LC_TELEPHONE="pt_PT" LC_MEASUREMENT="pt_PT" LC_IDENTIFICATION="pt_PT" I changed it to this: LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LANGUAGE="en_US:en" LC_NUMERIC="pt_PT.UTF-8" LC_TIME="pt_PT.UTF-8" LC_MONETARY="pt_PT.UTF-8" LC_PAPER="pt_PT.UTF-8" LC_NAME="pt_PT.UTF-8" LC_ADDRESS="pt_PT.UTF-8" LC_TELEPHONE="pt_PT.UTF-8" LC_MEASUREMENT="pt_PT.UTF-8" LC_IDENTIFICATION="pt_PT.UTF-8" And it no longer crashed, but i'm not sure it's correct like that. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.6.3.1-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-13.23-generic 3.8.3 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-13-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Mar 22 04:49:50 2013 DisplayManager: gdm GsettingsChanges: InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-22 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130321) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug raring ** Attachment added: "errors" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1158639/+attachment/3589770/+files/.xsession-errors -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1158639 Title: Language to english and other locale from pt causes gnome shell not to load To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1158639/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs