On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 11:44:10PM +0900, Kenshi Muto wrote: > Hi, > > Denis suggested dropping /etc/environment and moving locale > information to /etc/default/locale. > > I support this idea, but currently this change prevents > the localized desktop environment. > > GDM is launched in local language using /etc/default/locale > (called by /etc/init.d/gdm). > But when user logins without any modifications, the desktop > environment will be shown in only English. > > This is because LANG isn't defined (GDM_LANG is empty also). > No startup routine care it at this time. > > Of course if user chooses language from GDM option and > logins, .dmrc includes LANG information is created, > then the desktop will be shown in choosed language... well, > but I believe such manual doing is not smart. > > Although modifying GDM /etc/gdm/Xsession to include > /etc/default/locale file is one of solutions, but I think > it's better that providing a loader script to > /etc/X11/Xsession.d/ and let it run faster.
Hi, Your bug report seems to imply that a package reads /etc/environment and should be fixed to read /etc/default/locale too. I won't have time to work on this now, but will be glad to fix it during our i18n session. Denis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
