[Touch-packages] [Bug 1662031] Re: Switching language and format broken
Yep, suspicious indeed. I built gdm3 with that function disabled: https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj/+archive/ubuntu/gdm3 And yes, that's it. You nailed it Olivier; thanks a lot! Why didn't I see it when looking at that file many months ago... :( Anyway, I have submitted a MP. ** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu Artful) Status: Confirmed => In Progress ** No longer affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu Artful) ** No longer affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) ** No longer affects: accountsservice (Ubuntu Artful) ** No longer affects: accountsservice (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to accountsservice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1662031 Title: Switching language and format broken Status in Ubuntu GNOME: New Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in gdm3 source package in Artful: In Progress Bug description: In Ubuntu GNOME 16.10 it doesn't matter what display language I select - the effective language is still the one stated in /etc/default/locale. ~/.pam_environment is changed as expected, but the variables set in /etc/default/locale override ~/.pam_environment. In Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 language switching takes effect, but the reason for that seems to be that /etc/default/locale is changed as well, so when a user changes the display language (or format), it changes it for all users on the system. The overriding by /etc/default/locale is probably caused by some other package(s) but g-c-c. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1662031/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1662031] Re: Switching language and format broken
** Branch linked: lp:~gunnarhj/gdm/language-switching -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to accountsservice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1662031 Title: Switching language and format broken Status in Ubuntu GNOME: New Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in gdm3 source package in Artful: In Progress Bug description: In Ubuntu GNOME 16.10 it doesn't matter what display language I select - the effective language is still the one stated in /etc/default/locale. ~/.pam_environment is changed as expected, but the variables set in /etc/default/locale override ~/.pam_environment. In Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 language switching takes effect, but the reason for that seems to be that /etc/default/locale is changed as well, so when a user changes the display language (or format), it changes it for all users on the system. The overriding by /etc/default/locale is probably caused by some other package(s) but g-c-c. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1662031/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1662031] Re: Switching language and format broken
I added a FOOBAR variable to both ~/.pam_environment and /etc/default/locale, with different values in each file, and after logging in the value is the one from ~/.pam_environment. So I don't think gdm sources /etc/default/locale after ~/.pam_environment. However variables LANG, LANGUAGE and LC_* appear to be overridden by the values in /etc/default/locale, and set_up_session_language() in daemon/gdm- session.c (https://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/tree/daemon/gdm- session.c#n2488) looks suspicious in that regard. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to accountsservice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1662031 Title: Switching language and format broken Status in Ubuntu GNOME: New Status in accountsservice package in Ubuntu: New Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: New Status in accountsservice source package in Artful: New Status in gdm3 source package in Artful: Confirmed Status in gnome-control-center source package in Artful: New Bug description: In Ubuntu GNOME 16.10 it doesn't matter what display language I select - the effective language is still the one stated in /etc/default/locale. ~/.pam_environment is changed as expected, but the variables set in /etc/default/locale override ~/.pam_environment. In Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 language switching takes effect, but the reason for that seems to be that /etc/default/locale is changed as well, so when a user changes the display language (or format), it changes it for all users on the system. The overriding by /etc/default/locale is probably caused by some other package(s) but g-c-c. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1662031/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1662031] Re: Switching language and format broken
/usr/share/language-tools/save-to-pam-env is the script that writes to ~/.pam_environment with an incorrect syntax. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to accountsservice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1662031 Title: Switching language and format broken Status in Ubuntu GNOME: New Status in accountsservice package in Ubuntu: New Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: New Status in accountsservice source package in Artful: New Status in gdm3 source package in Artful: Confirmed Status in gnome-control-center source package in Artful: New Bug description: In Ubuntu GNOME 16.10 it doesn't matter what display language I select - the effective language is still the one stated in /etc/default/locale. ~/.pam_environment is changed as expected, but the variables set in /etc/default/locale override ~/.pam_environment. In Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 language switching takes effect, but the reason for that seems to be that /etc/default/locale is changed as well, so when a user changes the display language (or format), it changes it for all users on the system. The overriding by /etc/default/locale is probably caused by some other package(s) but g-c-c. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1662031/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1662031] Re: Switching language and format broken
/etc/pam.d/gdm-launch-environment is run as user gdm, so it's not what
we're interested in.
/etc/pam.d/gdm-password appears to be what sets the environment upon
user login.
When adding some logging to that module, I'm seeing the following:
pam_env(gdm-password:session): username=ubuntu
pam_env(gdm-password:session): user env path: /home/ubuntu/.pam_environment
pam_env(gdm-password:session): parsing config file
pam_env(gdm-password:session): remove variable "LANGUAGE=fr_FR:en_GB:en"
pam_env(gdm-password:session): remove variable "LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8"
It turns out, "VARIABLE=value" is not the correct syntax for
~/.pam_environment. The expected syntax is "VARIABLE [DEFAULT=[value]]
[OVERRIDE=[value]]" (man pam_env.conf).
And indeed if I modify ~/.pam_environment to conform to that syntax, I'm seeing
this instead:
pam_env(gdm-password:session): pam_putenv("LANGUAGE=fr_FR:en_GB:en")
pam_env(gdm-password:session): pam_putenv("LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8")
That doesn't seem to fix the overall issue though, as the values of
LANGUAGE and LANG are still those from /etc/default/locale after logging
in.
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Title:
Switching language and format broken
Status in Ubuntu GNOME:
New
Status in accountsservice package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in accountsservice source package in Artful:
New
Status in gdm3 source package in Artful:
Confirmed
Status in gnome-control-center source package in Artful:
New
Bug description:
In Ubuntu GNOME 16.10 it doesn't matter what display language I select
- the effective language is still the one stated in
/etc/default/locale. ~/.pam_environment is changed as expected, but
the variables set in /etc/default/locale override ~/.pam_environment.
In Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 language switching takes effect, but the reason
for that seems to be that /etc/default/locale is changed as well, so
when a user changes the display language (or format), it changes it
for all users on the system.
The overriding by /etc/default/locale is probably caused by some other
package(s) but g-c-c.
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[Touch-packages] [Bug 1662031] Re: Switching language and format broken
Wonder if there is a problem with this code: https://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/tree/daemon/gdm-session-worker.c#n993 @Steve: gdm3 seems to not read ~/.pam_environment. Do you possibly have an idea off the top of your head? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to accountsservice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1662031 Title: Switching language and format broken Status in Ubuntu GNOME: New Status in accountsservice package in Ubuntu: New Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: New Status in accountsservice source package in Artful: New Status in gdm3 source package in Artful: Confirmed Status in gnome-control-center source package in Artful: New Bug description: In Ubuntu GNOME 16.10 it doesn't matter what display language I select - the effective language is still the one stated in /etc/default/locale. ~/.pam_environment is changed as expected, but the variables set in /etc/default/locale override ~/.pam_environment. In Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 language switching takes effect, but the reason for that seems to be that /etc/default/locale is changed as well, so when a user changes the display language (or format), it changes it for all users on the system. The overriding by /etc/default/locale is probably caused by some other package(s) but g-c-c. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1662031/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1662031] Re: Switching language and format broken
In /etc/pam.d/gdm-launch-environment: session requiredpam_env.so readenv=1 user_readenv=1 envfile=/etc/default/locale In pam_env.c (handle_env function), the env should be set from /etc/default/locale and then overridden by ~/.pam_environment. If I add the 'debug' parameter to the module invokation, I see only the calls to pam_putenv corresponding to /etc/default/locale, which means that for some reason to be determined ~/.pam_environment is not being sourced. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to accountsservice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1662031 Title: Switching language and format broken Status in Ubuntu GNOME: New Status in accountsservice package in Ubuntu: New Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: New Status in accountsservice source package in Artful: New Status in gdm3 source package in Artful: Confirmed Status in gnome-control-center source package in Artful: New Bug description: In Ubuntu GNOME 16.10 it doesn't matter what display language I select - the effective language is still the one stated in /etc/default/locale. ~/.pam_environment is changed as expected, but the variables set in /etc/default/locale override ~/.pam_environment. In Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 language switching takes effect, but the reason for that seems to be that /etc/default/locale is changed as well, so when a user changes the display language (or format), it changes it for all users on the system. The overriding by /etc/default/locale is probably caused by some other package(s) but g-c-c. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1662031/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1662031] Re: Switching language and format broken
I didn't click "Apply System-Wide". When I changed the language in g-c-c /etc/default/locale was written to (LANG and LANGUAGE were updated). I agree that this is unexpected behaviour though, I wouldn't expect the current user's setting to be applied system-wide unless explicitly requested. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to accountsservice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1662031 Title: Switching language and format broken Status in Ubuntu GNOME: New Status in accountsservice package in Ubuntu: New Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: New Status in accountsservice source package in Artful: New Status in gdm3 source package in Artful: Confirmed Status in gnome-control-center source package in Artful: New Bug description: In Ubuntu GNOME 16.10 it doesn't matter what display language I select - the effective language is still the one stated in /etc/default/locale. ~/.pam_environment is changed as expected, but the variables set in /etc/default/locale override ~/.pam_environment. In Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 language switching takes effect, but the reason for that seems to be that /etc/default/locale is changed as well, so when a user changes the display language (or format), it changes it for all users on the system. The overriding by /etc/default/locale is probably caused by some other package(s) but g-c-c. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1662031/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1662031] Re: Switching language and format broken
To clarify: I used the g-c-c interface to switch language. If I had clicked "Manage Installed Languages" to open Language Support and then clicked "Apply System-Wide", /etc/default/locale would have been updated too. But that 'does not count'. Language Support is available to work around the fact that installation of new languages from g-c-c does not work currently. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to accountsservice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1662031 Title: Switching language and format broken Status in Ubuntu GNOME: New Status in accountsservice package in Ubuntu: New Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: New Status in accountsservice source package in Artful: New Status in gdm3 source package in Artful: Confirmed Status in gnome-control-center source package in Artful: New Bug description: In Ubuntu GNOME 16.10 it doesn't matter what display language I select - the effective language is still the one stated in /etc/default/locale. ~/.pam_environment is changed as expected, but the variables set in /etc/default/locale override ~/.pam_environment. In Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 language switching takes effect, but the reason for that seems to be that /etc/default/locale is changed as well, so when a user changes the display language (or format), it changes it for all users on the system. The overriding by /etc/default/locale is probably caused by some other package(s) but g-c-c. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1662031/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1662031] Re: Switching language and format broken
The /etc/default/locale file was not altered when I just tested on an updated artful. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to accountsservice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1662031 Title: Switching language and format broken Status in Ubuntu GNOME: New Status in accountsservice package in Ubuntu: New Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: New Status in accountsservice source package in Artful: New Status in gdm3 source package in Artful: Confirmed Status in gnome-control-center source package in Artful: New Bug description: In Ubuntu GNOME 16.10 it doesn't matter what display language I select - the effective language is still the one stated in /etc/default/locale. ~/.pam_environment is changed as expected, but the variables set in /etc/default/locale override ~/.pam_environment. In Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 language switching takes effect, but the reason for that seems to be that /etc/default/locale is changed as well, so when a user changes the display language (or format), it changes it for all users on the system. The overriding by /etc/default/locale is probably caused by some other package(s) but g-c-c. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1662031/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1662031] Re: Switching language and format broken
Olivier: Is /etc/default/locale written to also?? That's not what Sebastien and I observed. I'll go to a (relatively) fresh artful install and recheck then. If that's the case, the issue may not be so urgent. But it's poor design, since it means that if a user changes language, s/he changes it for all users on the system. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to accountsservice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1662031 Title: Switching language and format broken Status in Ubuntu GNOME: New Status in accountsservice package in Ubuntu: New Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: New Status in accountsservice source package in Artful: New Status in gdm3 source package in Artful: Confirmed Status in gnome-control-center source package in Artful: New Bug description: In Ubuntu GNOME 16.10 it doesn't matter what display language I select - the effective language is still the one stated in /etc/default/locale. ~/.pam_environment is changed as expected, but the variables set in /etc/default/locale override ~/.pam_environment. In Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 language switching takes effect, but the reason for that seems to be that /etc/default/locale is changed as well, so when a user changes the display language (or format), it changes it for all users on the system. The overriding by /etc/default/locale is probably caused by some other package(s) but g-c-c. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1662031/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1662031] Re: Switching language and format broken
Testing in an up-to-date artful VM, when switching languages in g-c-c, both LANG and LANGUAGE are updated in both ~/.pam_environment and /etc/default/locale. That VM is an artful install that has been updated daily, not an upgrade from a previous release. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to accountsservice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1662031 Title: Switching language and format broken Status in Ubuntu GNOME: New Status in accountsservice package in Ubuntu: New Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: New Status in accountsservice source package in Artful: New Status in gdm3 source package in Artful: Confirmed Status in gnome-control-center source package in Artful: New Bug description: In Ubuntu GNOME 16.10 it doesn't matter what display language I select - the effective language is still the one stated in /etc/default/locale. ~/.pam_environment is changed as expected, but the variables set in /etc/default/locale override ~/.pam_environment. In Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 language switching takes effect, but the reason for that seems to be that /etc/default/locale is changed as well, so when a user changes the display language (or format), it changes it for all users on the system. The overriding by /etc/default/locale is probably caused by some other package(s) but g-c-c. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1662031/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1662031] Re: Switching language and format broken
If nobody figures out what makes the variables in ~/.pam_environment be overridden by the variables in /etc/default/locale, I'm thinking of an ugly hack which may work. ~/.pam_environment is maintained by /usr/share/language-tools/save-to- pam-env. In case of a GNOME desktop we could make that file write to ~/.profile as well. ** Also affects: accountsservice (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to accountsservice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1662031 Title: Switching language and format broken Status in Ubuntu GNOME: New Status in accountsservice package in Ubuntu: New Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: New Status in accountsservice source package in Artful: New Status in gdm3 source package in Artful: Confirmed Status in gnome-control-center source package in Artful: New Bug description: In Ubuntu GNOME 16.10 it doesn't matter what display language I select - the effective language is still the one stated in /etc/default/locale. ~/.pam_environment is changed as expected, but the variables set in /etc/default/locale override ~/.pam_environment. In Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 language switching takes effect, but the reason for that seems to be that /etc/default/locale is changed as well, so when a user changes the display language (or format), it changes it for all users on the system. The overriding by /etc/default/locale is probably caused by some other package(s) but g-c-c. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1662031/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
