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Bug 628431 - On 'reload gdm', gdm greeter does not read /etc/environment or /etc/default/locale
On 'reload gdm', gdm greeter does not read /etc/environment or /etc/default/l...
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gdm
Classification: Core
Component: general
2.29.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GDM maintainers
GDM maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-08-31 16:12 UTC by David Planella
Modified: 2018-05-24 10:26 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.31/2.32


Description David Planella 2010-08-31 16:12:32 UTC 
(Forwarded from the downstream bug at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/552664)

When I change my locale settings for LANG and LANGUAGE in /etc/environment and /etc/default/locale and issue 'reload gdm', gdm greeter does not read those files and therefor does not notice the locale change for the greeting screen. Instead, the previous settings are used.

Only after killing gdm with 'service gdm restart', the locale changes are taking effect. This, however, kills the running X session instantly and is therefor not the desired solution.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gdm 2.30.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-18.27-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-18-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Apr 1 00:36:00 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE:en_US:en
 LANG=de_DE.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gdm
Comment 1 Takao Fujiwara 2010-09-01 05:53:14 UTC 
gdm configure has the option --with-lang-file.

./configure --with-lang-file=/etc/default/locale

So I think it would not be a bug in upstream.
Comment 2 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-05-24 10:26:58 UTC 
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