Hi Michael,
I can confirm your description. ~/.dmrc is the principal place for
storing language settings in 11.04. ~/.profile is used as well, but
~/.profile is only updated if language-selector is used to change
language.
In 11.10 ~/.profile is the principal storing place, and possible
language related values in ~/.dmrc are ignored. If the last change of
the user language in 11.04 is made from the GDM greeter, which it is in
the case you describe, that change will need to be redone after an
upgrade to 11.10.
If it's considered important enough, code might be added that compares
~/.dmrc and ~/.profile at a distro upgrade, and modifies ~/.profile if
needed.
It may be worth mentioning that in 11.10 a helpful admin can change the
language settings for any user from System Settings -> User Accounts.
** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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