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[Gunnar Hjalmarsson <889252@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We should bear in mind that in Precise the user language/locale settings
will be stored in ~/.pam_environment instead of ~/.profile; please see
bug #866062. Together with other changes, e.g. the planned switch of UI
from l-s to gnome-control-center's Region and Language widget, it means
that in any case there are significant migration issues to consider for
the LTS->LTS upgrade, and even the 11.10->LTS upgrade.

A fix of this issue in 11.10 would need to be SRUed, or else it wouldn't
make a difference. While I'm not opposed to such an SRU, I can think
that it may be better to concentrate on the migration to 12.04.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/889252

Title:
  language selection not preserved accross upgrades (need some .dmrc
  migration code)

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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