Adding export LC_ALL="pt_BR.UTF-8" export LANG="pt_BR.UTF-8"
to the ~/.profile file solved the problem. Both I and a colleague had this problem, and we both use likewise-open to autheticate to an Active Directory domain. According to him, a local profile did not experience the issue. ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 952185 ~/.pam_environment not parsed by default -- 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/982383 Title: Per-user language setting does not work Status in “language-selector” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Well the story is quite short: - Login screen is german - OK, I set the system-wide language to german. - My user account is also german - this is not ok as I set it to english, screenshot: - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/+bug/982383/+attachment/3071576/+files/screenshot-gnome-language-selector.png Note that I did log out and in again. Am I doing it wrong? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: language-selector-gnome 0.78 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Apr 15 16:58:24 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120328) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: language-selector UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/+bug/982383/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

