Ole Laursen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...] > > > It would also help if GDM sourced /etc/environment and used the settings > > > there as defaults. > > > > GDM 2.4.x uses /etc/environment (not by sourcing it but through > > pam_env.so). I don't know about older versions, though. > > Are you sure it works? If it worked, wouldn't GDM 2.4 speak the > language specified in /etc/environment? The LANG setting from /etc/environment is used for the session, but unfortunately not for the GDM greeter, which is a seperate programme. > It doesn't with the package > from > > deb http://harshy.homelinux.org/files/debian ./ If it even doesn't work for the session, then possibly /etc/pam.d/gdm is not present. This happened to me when I was using the sources from Gustavo Noronha's backport. His package contained a file called /etc/pam.d/gdm2 which was obviously ignored by gdm. I don't know if the Greeter's inability to set the UI language could also be cured by adding an appriopriate file to /etc/pam.d, but possibly it doesn't even use pam as it doesn't conduct any authentication. So here the easiest workaround is to add set -a . /etc/environment set +a to /usr/bin/gdm. Unfortunately this is overwritten by any upgrade, so probably Sean should patch the file from debian/rules or better upstream should fix this. Johannes
