Two python apps fail with the same gtkspell-related error. I filed a bug on gnome.org, and they told me that the problem is on the distribution's gtkspell version or something, these problems don't exist on debian or fedora. So, after I have waited many months and still have not seen the problem going away, I decided to file it here.

eugenia@lc2430:~> gnome-blog-poster
/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gnome/vfs.py:4: DeprecationWarning: Module gnome.vfs is deprecated; please import gnomevfs instead
DeprecationWarning)
Using gconf_prefix /apps/gnome-blog
/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gnomeblog/rich_entry.py:21: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.TRUE is deprecated, use True instead
self.set_editable(gtk.TRUE)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/gnome/bin/gnome-blog-poster", line 52, in ?
app = BloggerApp()
File "/opt/gnome/bin/gnome-blog-poster", line 35, in __init__
on_entry_posted=self._onEntryPosted)
File "/opt/gnome/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gnomeblog/blog_poster.py", line 41, in __init__
gtkspell.Spell(self.blogEntry)
gobject.GError: aspell: No word lists can be found for the language "en_US".


eugenia@lc2430:~> gnome-blosxom
/opt/gnome/bin/gnome-blosxom:352: DeprecationWarning: use gtk.UIManager
self.item_factory = gtk.ItemFactory(gtk.MenuBar, "<main>", self.accel_group)
/opt/gnome/bin/gnome-blosxom:361: DeprecationWarning:
self.toolbar.append_item("Post", "Post the entry", "", gtk.image_new_from_stock(gtk.STOCK_SAVE, gtk.ICON_SIZE_SMALL_TOOLBAR), self.PostCallback)
/opt/gnome/bin/gnome-blosxom:362: DeprecationWarning:
self.toolbar.append_item("Settings", "Set the program settings", "", gtk.image_new_from_stock(gtk.STOCK_PREFERENCES, gtk.ICON_SIZE_SMALL_TOOLBAR), self.SettingsCallback)
/opt/gnome/bin/gnome-blosxom:363: DeprecationWarning:
self.toolbar.append_space()
/opt/gnome/bin/gnome-blosxom:364: DeprecationWarning:
self.toolbar.append_item("Bold", "Insert bold tags", "", gtk.image_new_from_stock(gtk.STOCK_BOLD, gtk.ICON_SIZE_SMALL_TOOLBAR), self.BoldCallback)
/opt/gnome/bin/gnome-blosxom:365: DeprecationWarning:
self.toolbar.append_item("Italic", "Insert italic tags", "", gtk.image_new_from_stock(gtk.STOCK_ITALIC, gtk.ICON_SIZE_SMALL_TOOLBAR), self.ItalicCallback)
/opt/gnome/bin/gnome-blosxom:366: DeprecationWarning:
self.toolbar.append_item("Link", "Insert link tags", "", gtk.image_new_from_stock(gtk.STOCK_JUMP_TO, gtk.ICON_SIZE_SMALL_TOOLBAR), self.LinkCallback)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/gnome/bin/gnome-blosxom", line 439, in ?
Main()
File "/opt/gnome/bin/gnome-blosxom", line 433, in Main
application = Application()
File "/opt/gnome/bin/gnome-blosxom", line 394, in __init__
self.testview_spell = gtkspell.Spell(self.textview)
gobject.GError: aspell: No word lists can be found for the language "en_US".