I confirmed that the above work-around (adding session required pam_env.so to /etc/pam.d/common-session) works great. Perhaps that's all Ubuntu needs to do to fix this bug? Not sure if there are any negative side effects, but so far I'm not experiencing any.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/952185 Title: ~/.pam_environment not parsed when HOME is encrypted Status in Light Display Manager: Triaged Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “lightdm” source package in Precise: Triaged Bug description: I have noticed this with LightDM 1.1.6 - 1.1.8. Is HOME 'unlocked' too late? The result is that the session environment contains the system wide locale settings, while the user's locale settings are ignored. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/952185/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp