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[Gunnar Hjalmarsson <889252@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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Title:
  language selection not preserved accross upgrades

Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  After a natty->oneiric upgrade and the switch from gdm to lightdm the
  language settings on login are not remembered.

  The user account in question had "german" as the default language, the .dmrc settings are:
  """
  [Desktop]
  Language=de
  Session=ubuntu
  """
  However when I log into the system I get english locales and shows that LANGUAGE is not set.

  What makes this bug worse is that the language can no longer be set in the greeter. This means that a user
  who does not speak english is lost. Finding language-selector and use the drag-n-drop (with a explaination how
  it works in english and a non-intutive UI) is difficult.

  The system itself is a english default and english install, its just this particular user that requires a german
  environment. 

  I did reproduce this bug in a stock natty->oneiric upgrade, to reproduce, set userlanguage in gdm  to "german", login, 
  upgrade, login again -> english desktop.

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