On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 03:02:40PM +0200, christophe barbé wrote: > So you said me that a global setting override the user choice. > With xdm, I use a .Xsession where I can set my locale setting. > With startx, I use .xinitrc. > But with gdm, the normal way to set your locale is to choose the language > from the language menu. > This should work even if the /etc/environment file said "C". > And I know that gdm works fine.
Well, I respectfully disagree. gdm has no way overriding settings in /etc/environment, as that file is parsed by pam_env.so during the login procedure. The same thing would happen with xdm as well. No matter what values gdm sets LANG or LC_* to, they get overridden just after gdm loses control of the login procedure. If you want to fix the problem, just remove the settings from /etc/environment. Or, if you prefer a setup file, use .gnomerc, or just set /etc/environment to your liking. It is true that the problem might warrant a bug report, but not to gdm, and I couldn't instantly find out which package /etc/environment belongs to. Best regards, -- Matti Airas orthodox, ASO, SPINTCOM, TRV, BLU-114/B, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Time, MOSAIC, DATTA, tax, National +358 50 34 64 256 Information Infrastructure, FKS, SBI, RFI, http://www.iki.fi/mairas/ CBM, TRANSEC, Kosovo, IWG, Gorelick, J2,
