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Bug 643954 - default spellchecker dictionary is not correct for firefox
Summary: default spellchecker dictionary is not correct for firefox
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: firefox
Version: 6.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Jan Horak
QA Contact: Desktop QE
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: 994246 1075802 1150572
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-10-18 15:54 UTC by Xiaohong Wang
Modified: 2019-09-12 07:39 UTC (History)
15 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
: 1150572 (view as bug list)
Environment:
Last Closed: 2015-01-13 23:19:11 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Knowledge Base (Solution) 455543 0 None None None Never
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:0046 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: firefox security and bug fix update 2015-01-14 04:18:51 UTC

Description Xiaohong Wang 2010-10-18 15:54:36 UTC 
Description of problem:

default spellchecker dictionary is not correct for firefox
and indicate every english words misspelled

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
firefox-3.6.9-2.el6.x86_64

How reproducible:
100%


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install a new RHEL6 system with the latest tree
2. open bugzilla file a new bug

  
Actual results:
The firefox will indicate all english words in the Description field are misspelled
the spellchecker.dictionary is de_AT but default

Expected results:

firefox shouldn't indicate all english input mis-spelled by default

Additional info:

the default dictionary for spell checker should be en_US
Comment 2 Matěj Cepl 2010-11-15 00:39:52 UTC 
What's your locale? Please run

locale

in terminal and paste a result here, please?

Thank you
Comment 5 RHEL Program Management 2011-01-07 15:55:34 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated
in the current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to
address this request at this time. Red Hat invites you to
ask your support representative to propose this request, if
appropriate and relevant, in the next release of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. If you would like it considered as an
exception in the current release, please ask your support
representative.
Comment 6 RHEL Program Management 2011-02-01 06:00:49 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated
in the current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to
address this request at this time. Red Hat invites you to
ask your support representative to propose this request, if
appropriate and relevant, in the next release of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. If you would like it considered as an
exception in the current release, please ask your support
representative.
Comment 7 RHEL Program Management 2011-02-01 18:47:21 UTC 
This request was erroneously denied for the current release of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux.  The error has been fixed and this
request has been re-proposed for the current release.
Comment 8 RHEL Program Management 2011-04-04 02:30:38 UTC 
Since RHEL 6.1 External Beta has begun, and this bug remains
unresolved, it has been rejected as it is not proposed as
exception or blocker.

Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to
propose this request, if appropriate and relevant, in the
next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Comment 9 Suzanne Logcher 2011-10-06 18:40:05 UTC 
Since RHEL 6.2 External Beta has begun, and this bug remains
unresolved, it has been rejected as it is not proposed as
exception or blocker.
               
Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to
propose this request, if appropriate and relevant, in the
next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Comment 10 Aram Agajanian 2011-10-06 20:20:51 UTC 
A workaround is to use the Dictionary Switcher extension.
Comment 11 Martin Stransky 2012-07-26 12:06:29 UTC 
I don't see it. Please reopen if you still can reproduce it.
Comment 12 Bryan Yount 2012-08-21 21:29:09 UTC 
Reopening bug since it is still an issue. I tested with:

* RHEL 6.3
* kernel-2.6.32-279.2.1.el6.x86_64
* firefox-10.0.6-1.el6_3.x86_64

The language was set to "English / Zimbabwe". We are proposing that the language for Firefox be determined by the user's region.
Comment 13 Bryan Yount 2012-08-21 21:31:08 UTC 
Also, posting the output of "locale" command as requested:

# locale
LANG=en_US.utf8
LC_CTYPE="en_US.utf8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.utf8"
LC_TIME="en_US.utf8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.utf8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.utf8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.utf8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.utf8"
LC_NAME="en_US.utf8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.utf8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.utf8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.utf8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.utf8"
LC_ALL=
Comment 14 Garrett Mitchener 2012-12-12 19:37:26 UTC 
I'm also seeing problems with firefox and the dictionary in fedora 17.  This bug post for Ubuntu 

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/940341

suggests that something is going wrong when firefox gets updated, and that happens a lot with the new rapid release schedule that mozilla has gone to.

I have zillions of dictionaries on my system (mostly because there are or were packages like open office that drag them all in) and when this bug hits me, it's not just a switch from one dialect of English to another.  Instead, it sometimes seems to reset itself to the first dictionary in alphabetical order, which is typically some form of Arabic.  Although I've also seen Zimbabwe...
Comment 15 Bryan Yount 2013-01-23 01:53:43 UTC 
This problem still exists on Fedora 18 as well which means the issue will carry over into RHEL 7. Can we please finally fix this annoyance? My default language was set to English / Hong Kong this time on a fresh F18 install.
Comment 18 Mr. Derp 2013-08-20 14:54:36 UTC 
If you remove the lnagpacks directory (on my install it is located at /usr/lib64/firefox/langpacks) and then restart Firefox then you will be able to set the dictionary language to the setting of your choice. I have no idea why this works, but it does. Odd bug, but here is a simple fix for you. Assuming of course that you speak American English.
Comment 19 Matthew Miller 2013-11-08 18:08:09 UTC 
Just for the record, this seemed to have been fixed on Fedora 19, but is back on Fedora 20.
Comment 20 Matthew Miller 2013-11-08 18:08:48 UTC 
Related Fedora bug #1007653
Comment 21 Laura Novich 2014-06-11 10:39:58 UTC 
Not to add fuel to the fire, but I am experiencing the same problem as well. I have en_US as the locale, Hebrew as an optional language on the keyboard. However, the default dictionary is French!
I don't understand why, but that is what it is. When I change the dictionary to English, all is good. However, it is not static and needs to be set on a per/instance per/application basis. Each time I type in a new application I need to set the dictionary. A total nuisance!

My locale:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

Kernel 2.6.32-448.el6.synaptics.x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation release 6.5 (Santiago)
Firefox 24.4.0
Comment 22 Jan Horak 2014-11-19 13:53:54 UTC 
Upstream bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1097625
Comment 26 errata-xmlrpc 2015-01-13 23:19:11 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0046.html
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