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[Gunnar Hjalmarsson <803858@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Robert,

On 2011-08-26 09:32, Robert Ancell wrote:
> - I'm happy to support this as a legacy interface for LightDM 1.0,
> the issue is to do it in a way that does not conflict with more
> advanced uses of setting LANG (e.g. if PAM was to set LANG which in
> my opinion is the correct location to do it).

This sounds good to me. There is a reason why I have been quiet on this
topic for a few weeks. :)

I have recently moved around code for dealing with language settings,
and now it's accountsservice that provides that functionality in Ubuntu.
You can query accountsservice for both the current language and the
available languages on the system. You also set a new language via
accountsservice's SetLanguage method, and accountsservice takes care the
bits and pieces behind the scenes.

Actually it's not LANG that is set (since that variable is currently
reserved for other localisation stuff such as date/time formats, default
paper size, etc.), but basically lightdm does not need to know that. I'd
say that what you need for a simple language chooser that play well with
other interfaces is now in place.

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Title:
  No language chooser on login screen in LightDM

Status in Light Display Manager:
  Triaged
Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  LightDM doesn't appear to have a language selection choice in the
  Login screen, we need this to switch between Chinese and English for
  regular use, this feature is present in GDM, and we are really want to
  have it in LightDm as well, including correct setup of the zh_CN.utf-8
  locale.

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