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[Gunnar Hjalmarsson <873128@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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It's the environment variables in /etc/default/locale that determine how
the login screen is displayed. The installer does not set LC_MESSAGES,
only LANG.

To have the login screen be displayed in a language independently from
the locale you select for regional formats, you need to click "Apply
System-Wide" on the "Language" tab in Language Support. That sets
LC_MESSAGES (and LANGUAGE) in /etc/default/locale. (In Ubuntu 11.10 this
measure is taken automatically if you change the regional formats
setting system-wide.)

Please let us know if this explanation addresses your reported issue
sufficiently.

** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/873128

Title:
  GDM ignores LC_MESSAGES (as set by Language Support)

Status in “gdm” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  GDM is ignoring the LC_MESSAGES environment variable as set by the
  Language Support option when clicking apply system wide for the
  regional settings with a different desktop display language.

  This means that if you set a region different than the language in
  which you choose to display the desktop and use the apply system wide,
  GDM will display in the language of the region setting instead of the
  one the desktop is displayed in.

  Steps to reproduce:
  1. Have your desktop set to some language and your region to the same.
  2. Change your region setting and press apply system wide.
  3. Logout and view the language GDM is in

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: gdm 2.32.1-0ubuntu3.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic 2.6.38.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Oct 13 02:14:31 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gdm
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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