What make you think GDM_LANG has anything to do with wmaker or gnome, kde ...
It is a variable internal to gdm (thus GDM_*) use by gdm to test if LANG is set properly and if not fix it. #grep GDM_LANG /etc/gdm/ -r /etc/gdm/Xsession:if [ -n "$GDM_LANG" ]; then /etc/gdm/Xsession: LANG="$GDM_LANG" I am prety confident your bug is that you choose a lang in gdm and wmaker , xterm , etc does not use it ... gdm has been mostly rewritten, i expect this bug is fixed. If you still have the bug, can you provide some information (if you are still interested in wmaker ... 2002 is pretty far : - what session did you choose in gdm : wmaker, debian session with a custom .xsession or .xinitrc ? - for which language did this fails ? X does not support the same amount of localisation as libc6 (locales packages). - which version of gdm/X ? Cheers Alban -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]