Well, gnome-language-selector works with accountsservice to set the language, and root is not a normal accountsservice user. Also, please remember that you can't change the overall language environment on the fly; you need to re-login for a new language to be applied.
You can start gnome-terminal in English by pressing Alt+F2 and run the command env LANGUAGE=en gnome-terminal Otherwise, if you actually log in as root, you can set the language for root manually (untested): ~# echo 'LANGUAGE=en' >> .pam_environment ~# echo 'LANG=en_US.UTF-8' >> .pam_environment -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1301280 Title: gnome-language-selector: dragging a language does not work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/+bug/1301280/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
